Various studies highlighted the contribution of epithelium to immunity in response to microbes or microbial motifs. 6, 27 Pioneer in vitro works showed that intestinal epithelial cells in response ...

Mucosal immune regulation of the T helper type 2 is observed in ulcerative colitis (UC). Here, interleukin (IL)-13 has been shown to be the key effector cytokine. 7, 8 Indeed, IL-13 causes barrier ...

They include the skin, respiratory mucosa, gastrointestinal mucosa, and the urogenital mucosa which are for the most part barrier tissues. 5. Are epithelial cells barriers to infection?

The epithelial barrier hypothesis provides an explanation as to why allergies and autoimmune diseases have been increasing for decades -- they are linked to industrialization, urbanization and ...

Researchers assess changes in the respiratory and olfactory epithelium of the nasal mucosa in SARS-CoV-2 infections by the WA1, Delta, and Omicron strains.

The connective tissue layer beneath the mucosal epithelium contains seromucous glands which also produce mucus. The respiratory tract produce about two litres of mucus a day from these glands (Martini ...

Background. MIS-C presents with persistent fever, abdominal pain, nausea and/or vomiting, high cytokine levels, and poor heart function, sometimes leading to cardiogenic shock.In fact, 80% of ...

Omicron BA.2 swept across a broad swath of the respiratory epithelium of a COVID-19 patient who ... samples of nasal mucosa and brain of patients who ... act as a protective anatomical barrier.