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
The study found that the adjuvant encouraged a mucosal immune response, spurring the activation of immune cells in the respiratory tract critical for halting the bacteria's ability to colonize.
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 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
Here again the obstruction may be prolonged, or it may be quite intermittent, due to a valve-like action of the swollen mucosal surfaces or folds intermittently coming in contact.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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