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Most textbooks credit nearby epithelial cells with the heavy lifting of organ building, because epithelial sheets act like ...

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Background—Pulmonary capillary endothelium-bound (PCEB) angiotensin-converting ectoenzyme (ACE) activity alteration is an early, sensitive, and quantifiable lung injury index in animal models.We ...

Mitochondrial content in endothelial cells is modest compared with other cell types with higher energy requirements. In the rat, for example, mitochondria occupy 2% to 6% of cytoplasmic volume in ...

The formation of the biomolecule corona on the surface of nanoparticles upon exposure to biological fluids critically influences nanocarrier performance in drug delivery. It has been shown that in ...

The vascular endothelium is a monolayer of cells between the vessel lumen and the vascular smooth muscle cells. Far from being inert, it is metabolically active and produces a variety of vasoactive ...