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Epithelial junctions and attachments [PDF]

WormBook, 2006
A distinctive feature of polarized epithelial cells is their specialized junctions, which contribute to cell integrity and provide platforms to orchestrate cell shape changes. The chapter discusses the composition and assembly of C. elegans cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix junctions, proteins that anchor the cytoskeleton and mechanisms involved ...
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Propagation of limbal stem cells on polycaprolactone and polycaprolactone/gelatin fibrous scaffolds and transplantation in animal model [PDF]

BioImpacts, 2020
Introduction: This study was conducted to compare the effect of nanofibrous polycaprolactone (PCL) and PCL/gelatin (PCL/Gel) on limbal epithelial stem cell (LESC) and its efficiency for transplantation in animal model.
Fatemeh Sanie-Jahromi, Masoomeh Eghtedari, Esmaeil Mirzaei, Mohammad Hassan Jalalpour, Zahra Asvar, Mahmood Nejabat, Fahimeh Javidi-Azad   +6 more
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Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2017
OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: To further elucidate the role of estrogen receptor β (ER-β) in the early endometriotic lesion attachment. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: EECs were immortalized using a telomerase vector.
Jennifer Knudtson, Ya-Guang Liu, Marlen Tellez Santos, Rajeshwar Tekmal, Ratna Vadlamudi, Robert Schenken   +5 more
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Serine protease EspP from enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli is sufficient to induce shiga toxin macropinocytosis in intestinal epithelium. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Life-threatening intestinal and systemic effects of the Shiga toxins produced by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) require toxin uptake and transcytosis across intestinal epithelial cells.
Julie In, Valeriy Lukyanenko, Jennifer Foulke-Abel, Ann L Hubbard, Michael Delannoy, Anne-Marie Hansen, James B Kaper, Nadia Boisen, James P Nataro, Chengru Zhu, Edgar C Boedeker, Jorge A Girón, Olga Kovbasnjuk   +12 more
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Attachment of Proteus mirabilis to human urinary sediment epithelial cells in vitro

Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2005
In vitro attachment of 335 Proteus mirabilis strains from various human sources to human urinary tract epithelial in adhesive capacity was found between Proteus mirabilis strains were isolated from the blood of 30 patients with Bacteria, Burns swabs 59 ...
AL-Araji K. Mohammed
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#39 : Identification of Pharmacologically Active Small Molecules that Induce Spheroid Attachment and Embryo Implantation In Vitro and In Vivo

Fertility & Reproduction, 2023
Background and Aims: Human endometrium is receptive to embryo implantation during the mid-secretory phase of the menstrual cycle. The in vitro spheroid-endometrial epithelial cells co-culture model was used in this study.
Truong Thai Ha Nguyen, Bao G Huynh, Duy L Nguyen, Thuy TH Dao, Tuong M Ho   +4 more
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Inhibition of <em>Burkholderia multivorans</em> Adhesion to Lung Epithelial Cells by Bivalent Lactosides

Molecules, 2012
<em>Burkholderia cepacia</em> complex (Bcc) is an opportunistic pathogen in cystic fibrosis patients which is inherently resistant to antimicrobial agents.
Trinidad Velasco-Torrijos, Máire Callaghan, Paul V. Murphy, Rosaria Leyden, Ciara Wright, Siobhán McClean   +5 more
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Bioengineered intestinal tubules as a tool to test intestinal biological efficacy of lettuce species

npj Science of Food, 2022
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is one of the most consumed and cultivated vegetables globally. Its breeding is focused on the improvement of yield and disease resistance.
Paulus G. M. Jochems, Bo Heming, Dmitry Lapin, Naomi E. L. Moonen, Guido Van den Ackerveken, Rosalinde Masereeuw   +5 more
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The influence of smoking on clinical periodontal disease

Padjadjaran Journal of Dentistry, 2009
Periodontal disease has very complex and multi factor etiology. Plaque bacteria is the main cause of periodontal disease and another risk factor that also plays a role is a smoking habit.
Ina Hendiani
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EGF-mediated suppression of cell extrusion during mucosal damage attenuates opportunistic fungal invasion

Cell Reports, 2021
Summary: Severe and often fatal opportunistic fungal infections arise frequently following mucosal damage caused by trauma or cytotoxic chemotherapy.
Sebastian Wurster, Oscar E. Ruiz, Krystin M. Samms, Alexander M. Tatara, Nathaniel D. Albert, Philip H. Kahan, Anh Trinh Nguyen, Antonios G. Mikos, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, George T. Eisenhoffer   +9 more
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