Sentences with phrase «epithelial mucus layer»
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The Bäckhed study found that mice developed problems with the protective mucus layer in the colon after just 3 - 7 days of eating the low - fiber diet: this mucus layer became more penetrable and bacteria encroached upon the epithelial cells of the colon.
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The gut is lined with epithelial cells that are covered by a layer of mucus and a wide array of microbes.