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Production, Characterization and Potential Uses of a 3D Tissue-engineered Human Esophageal Mucosal Model
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2015
This manuscript describes the production, characterization and potential uses of a tissue engineered 3D esophageal construct prepared from normal primary human esophageal fibroblast and squamous epithelial cells seeded within a de-cellularized porcine scaffold. The results demonstrate the formation of a mature stratified epithelium similar to the normal human esophagus.
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Quantification of Immune Mediator Levels in Human Mucosal Lining Fluid
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2025
This video demonstrates the quantification of immune mediator levels in neonatal human nasal mucosal lining fluid extract. An electrochemiluminescence-based multiplex assay system measures these mediators by evaluating the intensity of emitted light when they are excited.
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Mucosal Barrier of the Stomach
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2024
The gastric glands contain parietal cells that secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl) for digestion. The cells secrete HCl because it is highly corrosive and essential for breaking down food. To achieve this, they secrete hydrogen and chloride ions into the lumen of the gastric glands, which combine to form HCl. Within parietal cells, carbonic acid is first formed through the reaction of water and carbon dioxide. The dissociation of carbonic acid releases bicarbonate and hydrogen ions. The bicarbonate...
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Heterotopic Mucosal Engrafting Procedure for Direct Drug Delivery to the Brain in Mice
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2014
A mouse model of human endoscopic skull base reconstruction has been developed that creates a semipermeable interface between the brain and nose using nasal mucosal grafts. This method allows researchers to study delivery to the central nervous system of high molecular weight therapeutics which are otherwise excluded by the blood-brain barrier when administered systemically.
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Classifying Matter by Composition
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2020
Matter: Pure Substances and Mixtures According to its composition, the matter can be classified into two broad categories — pure substances and mixtures. A pure substance is a form of matter that has a constant composition throughout with uniform properties. For example, any sample of sucrose has the same composition and same physical properties, such as melting point, color, and sweetness, regardless of the source from which it is isolated. A mixture is composed of two or more types of...
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Gel-forming mucins create a hydrated network that gives mucus its viscosity and influences how particles move through it. This network also regulates how easily substances reach epithelial cells. Consequently, mucin organization is central to understanding mucus as a selective barrier, rather than treating it as a simple fluid covering the tissue.
Mucins are only one part of the system. Water, ions, lipids, proteins, antimicrobial factors, and immune components also contribute to the molecular and cellular environment at epithelial surfaces. Including these constituents gives researchers a broader basis for studying barrier function, host-microbe relationships, inflammation, and tissue-specific physiology.
The composition of the mucus layer determines its viscosity, particle-movement properties, and control over access to epithelial cells. These physical effects are relevant to how external material encounters the tissue and how host-microbe interactions occur at the surface. Studying the layer therefore connects molecular constituents with epithelial protection and environmental exchange.
A characterization should consider both molecular constituents and cellular components, including mucins, water, ions, lipids, proteins, antimicrobial factors, and immune components. Researchers can then relate this profile to barrier behavior, epithelial access, host-microbe relationships, inflammation, or tissue-specific physiology. This broader assessment avoids interpreting mucosal function from mucin content alone.
Comparison helps explain tissue-specific physiology and supports investigation of diseases affecting respiratory or gastrointestinal surfaces. Because mucus composition is linked to barrier function and interactions with the external environment, examining these settings can reveal how biological context shapes protection and inflammation. Such comparisons also support the search for relevant biomarkers in different disease areas.
Mucosal composition matters when a drug-delivery system must pass through mucus or adhere to it. The mucin-based hydrated network controls movement and access to epithelial cells, so its properties influence whether a delivery system remains associated with mucus or moves through the layer. This makes mucus a key biological context for evaluating delivery strategies.