The epithelia cells are ciliated, cylindrical, and polarized with three distinct regions.
Histozoic parasites in the epithelia of the digestive system of marine fish.
Whether similar interactions between astrocyte-like peripheral glia and epithelia regulate mucosal barrier function is not known.
Membrane asymmetry in epithelia: is the tight junction a barrier to diffusion in the plasma membrane?
Implications for recruitment of inflammatory cells to damaged epithelia.
Unlike the epithelia of the reproductive tract, the normal ovarian surface epithelium has only a tenuous attachment to underlying stromal components.
Tight junctions regulate the barrier to paracellular permeability in chordate epithelia; however, the sea urchin blastula epithelium lacks tight junctions and instead possesses septate junctions.
Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer transiently corrects the chloride transport defect in nasal epithelia of patients with cystic fibrosis.
