mucosa

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With a quick spritz up the nose, intranasal vaccines are designed to bolster immune defenses in the mucosa, triggering production of an antibody known as immunoglobulin A, which can block infection.

From Scientific American

One could be the lining of the nasal passage, the olfactory mucosa, which is in close contact with neuronal cells that could provide a route to the brain.

From Scientific American

But this virus is selective to the respiratory cells, to the mucosa.

From Fox News

Moreover, these bacterial strains are more prevalent in close association with the epithelial cells in the mucosa of the colon in people who have CRC than in those who don’t3.

From Nature

Suddenly, I began to piece it all together as a severe disruption of the plexus of blood vessels in the mucosa underneath the bridge of the nose, possibly worsened by elevated blood pressure.

From New York Times