mucosal
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“They irritate the stomach lining and encourage mucosal shedding, and to the untrained eye, it looks like a parasite.”
From Salon ● May 18, 2025
Among other things, she has used mini-organs she developed to study how cells in the cervix degenerate and turn cancerous -- another region where different types of mucosal cells collide.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024
But unlike blood, gut cells are “fragile, they don’t survive well in culture,” where scientists need to grow them and probe their function, says Saurabh Mehandru, a gastroenterologist and mucosal immunologist at Mount Sinai.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 11, 2024
During this period, the placenta implants itself into the endometrium - the mucosal lining of the mother's uterus.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024
The loose cellular tissue is most frequently concerned in the process rather than the mucosal layer alone.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
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