Mammalian epithelial cells also turn over regularly ... One side of this tissue faces the lumen, where it comes in contact with digested food. The other side attaches to a specialized ECM support ...

In contrast, the apical end of each cell faces out into the environment — such as the inner cavity or lumen of the gut. The side-to-side junctions that link epithelial cells are diverse in their ...

Epithelial tissues are in constant interaction with their environment. Maintaining their functionality requires dynamic balance (homeostasis) and that their cell numbers are tightly regulated. This is ...

However, the pH levels vary significantly, ranging from the highly acidic environment in the stomach lumen to largely neutral conditions at the outermost layer of the stomach epithelial cells ...

Pancreatic cancer cells can be roughly divided into two main subtypes: epithelial and mesenchymal ... can have thick branches with hollow lumen and end-bud formations." Not only do the phenotypes ...

Intestine lumen is expanded in size in the GMB151-fed ... membranes and cytoplasm density in the ground cytoplasm of the epithelial cell to which they are attached (as quantified in Fig.