Therefore, the purpose of this experiment was to determine the effect of liposome-coated methionine and cysteine on the in vitro expression of milk protein casein in bovine mammary
epithelial cells.
The columnar
epithelial cells were weakly positive for the P.A.S test, with homogenous distribution of glycoconjugates in whole cytoplasm (Figure 2C).
The percentages of vaginal
epithelial cells after staining with each
Furthermore,
epithelial cells are the first defense lining of the respiratory tract that prevents microbial colonization and infections.[21],[22] Since the airway epithelium is also the first tissue to be exposed to inhaled toxicants such as those present in cigarette smoke, the airway epithelium has a central role in the vicious circle hypothesis, and alterations in host defense and epithelial remodeling may contribute to COPD development and progression.
"The macrophage just stays still, ready to get the virus when it escapes the
epithelial cells. But this dynamic observation allowed us to realize that the synapse is always formed on
epithelial cells that are just above macrophages, suggesting we do have an interaction between the macrophages and the epithelium.
The percentage of conjunctival
epithelial cells undergoing apoptosis was higher in patients with dry eye than in patients without dry eye in each group, and among patients with dry eye, the percentage of conjunctival
epithelial cells undergoing apoptosis was higher in the patients than in controls (p<0.01 each).
In co-cultures grown under LCC, no macrophages could be found, presumably because they do not interact strongly enough with
epithelial cells to be immobilized by aldehyde fixation.
Several studies have shown that PM could trigger
epithelial cells damage [7].
Therefore, ALI epithelial culture of A549 cells might be a potentially useful and feasible in vitro model for investigating the physiological and pathological roles of alveolar
epithelial cells in human lungs.
E2 can also regulate the differentiation and proliferation of
epithelial cells in several tissues (e.g., epithelial mammary cells) [6, 7].
In addition, alveolar
epithelial cells (AECs) are the dominant cell type in alveolar sacs; the role of AECs in host defense of Mtb infection however has not been fully appreciated until the recently emerging evidence that AECs were also host targets of Mtb has been discovered.
In Fabry disease, there is a progressive increase in the deposition of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3), a sphingolipid degradation product, within the lysosomes of the
epithelial cells of various organs.