mucosal
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When intestinal cells absorb cysteine from food, they convert it into CoA, a cofactor that moves into the mucosal lining of the intestine.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2025
"These cleansers often just encourage that. They irritate the stomach lining and encourage mucosal shedding, and to the untrained eye, it looks like a parasite."
From Salon ● May 18, 2025
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
They found that the monovalent vaccine increased their ability to produce mucosal antibodies against most of the tested variants, whereas the bivalent vaccine didn't provide a significant boost.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2024
Unless a very large esophagoscope be used, a traction diverticulum may easily be overlooked in the mucosal folds.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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