...Reegan J. Willms; Edan Foley The intestinal epithelium is a complex tissue monolayer composed of regionally and functionally specialized intestinal epithelial cells. Given epithelial exposure to harsh and varied luminal conditions, epithelial cells continuously regenerate to sustain the barrier...

... epithelial cells. These include stratified epithelia, such as the epidermis, hair follicle, cornea and oesophagus, as well as the thymic epithelium, which stands alone among simple and stratified epithelia, and has been shown recently to contain stem cells. In addition, we briefly discuss the pancreas...

... and differentiation, whereas Myo9b has been shown to play an important role in the regulation of macrophage shape and motility. 1 To whom correspondence should be addressed (email [email protected] ). © The Authors Journal compilation © 2011 Biochemical Society 2011 cell migration epithelium...

...Amanda Goodwin; Gisli Jenkins IPF (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis) is a chronic progressive disease of unknown aetiology without effective treatment. IPF is characterized by excessive collagen deposition within the lung. Recent evidence suggests that the lung epithelium plays a key role in driving...

...Jonathan M. Rhodes; Barry J. Campbell; Lu-Gang Yu Similar changes in glycosylation occur in the colonic epithelium in inflammatory conditions such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease and also in colon cancer and precancerous adenomatous polyps. They include reduced length of O-glycans...

...David R. Burgess Cleavage divisions in many animals form a blastula made up of a simple polarized epithelium. This simple embryonic epithelium possesses an apical surface covered with microvilli and primary cilia separated from the basolateral surfaces by cell–cell junctions. The apical membrane...

... intercellular and environmental signals. β-cell differentiation epithelium mesenchyme pancreas pancreatic development In conclusion, during the last few years, a large amount of new information has emerged concerning the hierarchy of transcription factors that are implicated in pancreatic...

[email protected] ). 20 1 2008 © The Authors Journal compilation © 2008 Biochemical Society 2008 epithelium human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) late regulatory element (LRE) polyadenylation RNA–protein interaction RNA stability HPVs (human papillomaviruses) are small double-stranded...