Goblet cells in the vicinity of metaplastic patches also expressed both gastric and ... 30 Transitional forms between serous and mucous cells, and clara and mucous cells also appear in respiratory ...

Goblet cells secrete mucin as a primary function to create a protective mucus layer which protects the epithelium from the luminal contents. Goblet cells are also involved in immunoregulation ...

Epithelial cells form a layer in which an apical surface is exposed to the external environment and to other forms of stress in ducts in specialized organs. As such, epithelial cells require ...

epithelial layer), humoral elements (defensins, IgA), immununological elements (lymphocytes, innate immune cells), muscular and neurological elements Intestinal permeability is defined as a ...

KEY POINTS Chronic rhinosinusitis refers to symptomatic inflammation of the nose and paranasal sinuses that has been present ...

Given that its transmission is via the respiratory tract, a prerequisite for its occurrence is colonization of the nasopharynx, to the epithelium of which meningococcus adheres. Therefore ...

Rises in respiratory illness from air pollution and allergens, food and water-borne illness, physical injury from extreme weather events and mental health threats are just some of the climate ...