The intestinal epithelium is a highly dynamic tissue, which depends on a variety of factors for the regulation of its rapid renewal and expression of digestive functions. Over the last 10 years, it has become evident that among these factors are cell interactions with the extracellular matrix, more
Lipid mediators in epithelial cell-cell interactions
β Scribed by S.P. Colgan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1420-682X
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