Sentences with phrase «producing goblet cells»

Along with intestinal stem cells, the team identified differentiated nutrient - digesting and absorbing enterocytes, mucus - producing Goblet cells, hormone - secreting enteroendocrine cells, and microbiome - regulating and sensing Paneth cells, and they performed a series of assays that confirmed their functions.

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The villi are covered with absorptive enterocyte cells, along with goblet cells that produce mucus, which provide an additional layer of protection — and a potential barrier to the absorption of drugs taken orally.

In goblet cell metaplasia, exposure to allergens such as pollen, mold and dust mites initiates a series of biochemical reactions that causes the cells that line the air passages of the lungs to change from their normal state into so - called «goblet cells,» which produce substantial amounts of excess mucus.

Additional therapeutic effects may be achieved via CsA and tacrolimus» anti-inflammatory effects, stimulatory effect on lacrimal glands, proliferative effect on mucin - producing conjunctival goblet cells, and inhibitory effect on lacrimal cell apoptosis.