During the disease's early stage, pancreatic cancer cells produce mucus. Additionally, these cells depend on the body's ...
who would like to produce drug- or gene-loaded particles capable of penetrating mucus to treat disease in underlying cells, or even deeper within the body. To examine the effect of PEG surface ...
TLRs are found in great numbers on the surface of many of our cells, particularly those in the mucous membranes and those of our immune system. There are several groups of TLRs, each of which ...
When you hear the words mucus and snot, you might think of colds, snails or drooling babies. But the runny, sometimes sticky ...
Mucus from jellyfish that sit upside-down on the seafloor has blobs lined with stinging cells The stinging cells are coated on tiny mobile blobs called cassiosomes within the mucus that “zoom ...
When you hear the words mucus and snot, you might think of colds, snails or drooling babies. But the runny, sometimes sticky ...
Tests using mucus-producing cells to model conditions in the nose showed that eight times as much insulin was taken up by the cells when incubated with the insulin-loaded gel formulation, compared ...
Before viruses can infect cells, they must first get to them, often by traversing layers of the body’s protective mucous. Understanding how evolution optimised the influenza A virus for this ...
Goblet cells secrete mucus, forming a protective layer that prevents harmful pathogens from reaching the inner gut tissues. However, Dr Llorente points out that these cells serve far beyond mucus ...