epithelia
plural ofepitheliumspecialized
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epithelia
Suchepitheliaform a specialized structure, termed the cell envelope, located immediately under their plasma membrane which is critically involved in barrier function.
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Small proline-rich proteins are cross-bridging proteins in the cornified cell envelopes of stratified squamousepithelia.
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A number of specific transport proteins are located in biliaryepithelia, including anion exchangers and water transporters (for a review see ref. 41).
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As one of the major cell-adhesion systems ofepithelia, laminin- integrin interactions have been particularly well characterised in the human gut under normal conditions.
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There are two main types of primary cancers in the liver, namely, hepatoma derived from hepatocytes and cholangiocarcinoma derived from bile ductepithelia.
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To determine the function of septate junctions in sea urchin embryos, the permeability characteristics of the embryonic sea urchinepitheliawere assessed.
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This includes formation of polarisedepitheliathat exhibit microvilli, cilia, well-defined junctions and basolateral membrane domains.
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Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer transiently corrects the chloride transport defect in nasalepitheliaof patients with cystic fibrosis.
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Tight junctions regulate the barrier to paracellular permeability in chordateepithelia; however, the sea urchin blastula epithelium lacks tight junctions and instead possesses septate junctions.
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Unlike theepitheliaof the reproductive tract, the normal ovarian surface epithelium has only a tenuous attachment to underlying stromal components.
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Implications for recruitment of inflammatory cells to damagedepithelia.
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Membrane asymmetry inepithelia: is the tight junction a barrier to diffusion in the plasma membrane?
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Whether similar interactions between astrocyte-like peripheral glia andepitheliaregulate mucosal barrier function is not known.
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Histozoic parasites in theepitheliaof the digestive system of marine fish.
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Theepitheliacells are ciliated, cylindrical, and polarized with three distinct regions.
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