The epithelium is a layer of cells that are bound together tightly to form sheets. These continuous sheets cover different surfaces of your body that can come into contact with foreign substances.

Researchers demonstrate how intestinal neurons use serotonin signals to identify and separate nutrient types in real time.

What I found, and what many of my colleagues found, is the epithelium would typically slough off after 3 days. It was damaged from the alcohol exposure for that short 10 to 20 seconds.

In the current pandemic of COVID-19, many patients have reported symptoms of loss of smell and taste. The cellular basis of this phenomenon has not been satisfactorily explained so far. However, a ...

Gut epithelium muscles up against infection Date: April 12, 2021 Source: Uppsala University Summary: To maximize absorption of nutrients from the diet, the intestinal mucous membrane has a large ...

Originally, oral mucosal epithelium, located on substantia propria, is morphologically distinct from corneal epithelium in that it is much thicker and multilayered and has an irregular surface ...

Precisely locating the spark of the immune response could stimulate research into drug delivery to inhibit this newly found role of the epithelium, using drugs already in clinical trials, Verdu says.