mucosa

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The first big difference between antibody functions in fish and humans is that the mucosa of fish includes the skin.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023

Exposure to ultrafine particles from traffic alters the expression of many genes in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023

"We have shown that even during periods of microscopic intestinal inflammation, IBD patients have an increased risk of serious infections, including sepsis, compared to periods when they have a microscopically healed mucosa," he explains.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2023

"Despite extensive in vitro experimentation, how P. aeruginosa forms biofilms at the airway mucosa is unresolved," the authors of the paper explained.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2023

Lesions.—After death the carcass is found to be very much emaciated and anemic, the visible mucosa being very pale.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.