The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound effect on the world, resulting in a dramatic loss of human lives. While the situation is ...

Present findings suggest that these markers were unable to identify individual epithelial stem cells. Instead, subpopulations of cells, most probably stem cells and transit amplifying cells with stem ...

Objective UC is a chronic inflammatory disease of the colonic mucosa. Growing evidence supports a role for epithelial cell defects in driving pathology. Moreover, long-lasting changes in the ...

However, studies on the physiological and pathophysiological functions of intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) have been hampered due to lack of normal epithelial cell models. In the present study, we ...

Center for Global Health, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Suzhou Institute for Advanced Study of Public Health, Gusu School, Nanjing Medical ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Until now, cells dividing by mitosis were thought to grow round and then split into two identical, spherical daughter cells.

Alveoli also have immune cells in them (alveolar macrophages). These are like the garbage trucks of the immune system because they “eat” (phagocytize) debris. This includes any particles that are ...

The intestinal barrier is in close contact with gut microbiota on its luminal side and with enteric neurons and glial cells on its tissue side ... including its mucus layer, epithelial barrier, and ...