while mucosal epithelial damage is more severe owing to a lack of compensation by the weakly expressed Dsg1. In mucocutaneous pemphigus vulgaris, antibodies against both Dsg1 and Dsg3 are produced ...
Components of the intestinal mucosal mechanical barrier. The mechanical barrier is made up of the mucus layer, intestinal epithelial cells, tight junctions between cells and the mucosal lamina ...
A barrier consisting of epithelial cells with a thin slimy carbohydrate layer, known as the mucosal layer, keeps these digestive enzymes from escaping outside of the intestine. But the thin ...