Such epithelia form a specialized structure, termed the cell envelope, located immediately under their plasma membrane which is critically involved in barrier function.
Small proline-rich proteins are cross-bridging proteins in the cornified cell envelopes of stratified squamous epithelia.
A number of specific transport proteins are located in biliary epithelia, including anion exchangers and water transporters (for a review see ref. 41).
As one of the major cell-adhesion systems of epithelia, laminin- integrin interactions have been particularly well characterised in the human gut under normal conditions.
There are two main types of primary cancers in the liver, namely, hepatoma derived from hepatocytes and cholangiocarcinoma derived from bile duct epithelia.
To determine the function of septate junctions in sea urchin embryos, the permeability characteristics of the embryonic sea urchin epithelia were assessed.
This includes formation of polarised epithelia that exhibit microvilli, cilia, well-defined junctions and basolateral membrane domains.
Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer transiently corrects the chloride transport defect in nasal epithelia of patients with cystic fibrosis.
