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line the cavities and surfaces of structures throughout the body, and also form many glands. Functions of epithelial cells include secretion, selective absorption, protection, transcellular transport and detection of sensation. In Greek...

contraction (FIG. 1a) to reduce their overall size and drive the compaction of clots. Fibroblasts, epithelial cells and endothelial cells establish a front–back polarity and generate anisotropic stresses (FIG. 1b) on the surrounding...

HNE (HNE adducts) levels were found to be significantly elevated by at least 50% in airway and alveolar epithelial cells, endothelial cells and neutrophils in patients with COPD compared with healthy controls25; and the urinary level of...

is the choroid plexus, the structure that generates most of the cerebrospinal fluid. The specialized ependymal epithelial cells of the choroid plexus surround its fenestrated capillaries and filter the fluid that enters through fenestrae...