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 ...

Microfluidic devices, mimicking the key structural and compositional features of the alveoli ... Indeed, high cell viability was confirmed for up to 10 days and the formation of a tight endothelial ...

In the present review, current knowledge on mucosal ... barrier must be open to absorb essential fluids and nutrients. Such opposing goals are achieved by a complex anatomical and functional ...

However, if a viral upper respiratory tract infection has preceded it, the structure of the epithelium may have been altered and the epithelial barrier may have broken down, allowing microbes to ...

4 Sorbonne Universités—UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM ERL 1157, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Antoine, CNRS UMR 7203 LBM, CHU Saint-Antoine, Paris, France Objectives Preventing postoperative recurrence after ...

We studied its role in airway epithelial barrier integrity and cigarette smoke-induced epithelial responses ... Patients with COPD suffer from severe respiratory symptoms such as chronic cough and ...

The model takes into account the specific characteristics of each material within the composite insulation structure. Additionally, an interface charge transport model, based on the contact-state of ...

Here, the ways in which enteric bacterial pathogens utilise and impact on the three major physiological functions of the intestinal epithelium are discussed: alterations in the structure and function ...

A: Animal; ACE: Accessory cholera enterotoxin; H: Human; ZOT: Zonula occludens toxin.

Introduction Inhaled gene therapy of muco-obstructive lung diseases requires a strategy to achieve therapeutically relevant gene transfer to airway epithelium covered by particularly dehydrated and ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV ... environment plays a significant role in controlling RSV infection.36 Many mucosal factors including IgA secretion, the microbiome, surfactant and the production of ...