Sentences with phrase «epithelial surface»

This tiny particle is able to slip under the sub-clinical scurvy weakened epithelial surface of the inner arterial walls and start collecting fibrous matter while inhibiting the plasmin enzyme production that serves to dissolve clotting.

That is, the experiments showed that the potentiator cancelled out the intended effect of having a corrected CFTR protein at the epithelial surface.

IL17 is a cytokine with roles in anti-bacterial and anti-fungal defense that is made abundantly by effector T cells at epithelial surfaces (Littman and Rudensky, 2010).

Fungal infections tend to affect skin / epithelial surfaces the most, so skin, ears, sinuses, mouth, urinary tract, and digestive tract.

Another issue is that mucus is essential for immunity at epithelial surfaces, and glycosylation is essential for the integrity of cellular junctions and tissue barriers such as the intestinal and blood - brain barriers.

Probiotic microbes not only suppress the growth of Candida spp in the alimentary tract and vagina, but they also inhibit the adherence of Candida spp to epithelial surfaces (11).

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It then travels down the respiratory tract and binds to epithelial cells lining the lung airways via specific molecules on the cell surface.

Vitamin A also maintains epithelial cells, which are responsible for keeping body surfaces healthy so that they can act as barriers to infection.

The new study links UVB as protective to a total of 16 types of cancer, primarily epithelial (pertaining to the surface) cancers of the digestive and reproductive systems [Grant, submitted].

He determined that epithelial cells lining the brain's blood vessel walls contain a surface protein, or receptor, that can snag insulin, the hormone essential for metabolizing carbohydrates and fats.

Epithelial cells form tissue layers that cover our skin and the inner surfaces of most of our internal organs, while endothelial cells line the adjacent blood - transporting vessels and capillaries that support their functions.

Bode believes these sugars, because they are indigestible, journey intact to the colon, where their structure mimics molecules on the surface of gut epithelial cells.

In a previous study, Professor Schmidt - Ott and his team discovered that it regulates the differentiation of epithelial cells — they line the cavities and surfaces of structures throughout the body — in the mouse embryo.

So Welham's team set out to engineer vocal fold mucosae in the lab using the two main cell types that make up the tissue — connective fibroblasts, which form the main body, and epithelial cells, which line the surface.

The EMT is a biological process wherein epithelial cells (cells that line the cavities and surfaces of blood vessels and organs) become mesenchymal (skeletal) stem cells that can move throughout the body and differentiate into a variety of cell types.

HER2 - positive breast cancer, which is associated with poor prognosis, has been traced to an excess of signaling through receptors, or docking ports, called HER2 found on the surface of certain mammary epithelial cells.

Epithelial tissue is a sheet of cells that covers a body surface or lines a body cavity.

As an important prerequisite for tube formation, epithelial cells become asymmetric or «polar», acquiring structurally and functionally distinct ends or surfaces.

Previous work by Fredberg and colleagues had documented the importance of collective cellular behavior in asthma, showing that cells comprising epithelial tissues — which line the surfaces of all organs throughout the body — can unjam and flow like a fluid, or jam and freeze like a solid.

A molecular mechanism directly linking E-cadherin adhesion to initiation of epithelial cell surface polarity.

The inner wall of the small intestine is lined with epithelial tissue covered in wrinkles and folds from which villi — microscopic fingerlike pieces of tissue — project, increasing the surface area for absorption.

Epithelial cells line the cavities and surfaces of structures in the human body.

The effects of combination glaucoma medications on ocular surface epithelial cells.

Epithelial cells cover the surfaces of skin, lungs, mouth, gastrointestinal tract, reproductive and urinary tracts, and various glands.

Matriptase is an epithelial - derived, cell surface serine protease.

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.

ReliNethra ® Limbal transplant leads to renewal of ocular surface epithelial cells thereby replacing the damaged ocular surface with smooth and healthy cells.

Primary kidney epithelial cells isolated from human proximal tubule are cultured on the upper surface of an extracellular matrix - coated, porous, polyester membrane that splits the main channel of the device into two adjacent channels, thereby creating an apical «luminal» channel and a basal «interstitial» space.

Intestinal permeability was assessed by Ussing chamber; epithelial cell (EC) ultra-structure by electron microscopy; RNA expression of genes coding for junctional proteins by Q - real - time PCR; immune response by in - vitro antigen - specific T - cell proliferation and cytokine analysis by cytometric bead array; intestinal microbiota by fluorescence in situ hybridization and analysis of systemic antibodies against intestinal microbiota by surface staining of live bacteria with serum followed by FACS analysis.

They have tentacle like protrusions that penetrate the tight junctions between the epithelial cells, through to the other side, and use these tentacles to take external surface antigens back in for destruction.

And they're like our rainforest and they live in every epithelial cell surface of our body so they're on our skin, they're in your lungs, in your hair, in your nailbeds.

Muc1 cell surface mucin attenuates epithelial inflammation in response to a common mucosal pathogen.

Originating from epithelial cells (skin cells that cover the lining of body surfaces), Carcinomas can occur on the skin, bladder wall, and blood vessels that then pass into the surrounding tissues and organs.

Pieces may break off the shaggy surface of epithelial tumors and implant on the inner wall of the abdomen where they will continue to grow..

B. Focus on the apical surface of the ciliated epithelial cell.

A. Microscopic view of the respiratory mucosa consisting of ciliated epithelial cells (i.e. presence of cilia at their apical surface).

In this context those antibiotics are usually preferred which are strong enough to reach in tracheo bronchial mucosa (surfaces covered with fluid & cells, usually «squamous epithelial tissues»).

Cancers can be divided into three general groups: carcinomas that arise from epithelial cells that cover the body (skin) or line internal body surfaces; sarcomas that begin in connective, skeletal, muscular, or reproductive tissues; lymphomas that invade the lymph nodes and the lymphatic system.

Epithelial tissue covers the inside and outside surfaces, as well as the organs of companion animals, production animals and humans.