Sentences with phrase «epithelial cells lining the intestine»

Studies have found a high - fat diet destroys gut microbiota, reduces the production of epithelial cells lining the intestine and causes gut bacteria to invade intestinal epithelial cells.

Not exact matches

The research team was also able to shed more light on the role of Paneth cells — a type of cell found in the epithelial lining of the small intestine.

We are studying these proteins in the intestine and liver in vivo, as well as in epithelial cell lines.

The Joslin team found that intestinal tumors grow just as quickly in a mouse cancer model whose «epithelial» cells lining the inside of the intestine have been genetically modified so that insulin can't activate the cells.

In the Intestine Chip, the epithelium forms villi - like projections lined by polarized epithelial cells that undergo multi-lineage differentiation similar to that of intestinal organoids, however, these cells expose their apical surfaces to an open lumen and interface with endothelium.

MUC1 is protein found on epithelial cells, such as those that line the intestine, that is overexpressed in many cancers, including colorectal and breast cancers.

The small intestine and the stomach are lined with epithelial cells that are connected together by tight junctions similar to the tight junctions in the blood brain barrier (BBB) of the brain.

Natural health experts maintain that mercury destroys epithelial cells in the stomach and intestine, damaging the stomach lining and causing tiny holes in the gut lining.

The body's own immune system attacks the cells that line the small intestine, resulting in the characteristic shortening or pruning of the intestinal villi (microscopic, finger - like projections of small intestine wall tissue made of columns of gut epithelial cells).