How to Use epithelium in a Sentence

epithelium

noun

• The gut is lined with a layer of cells known as the epithelium.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2022
• The scientific name for this layer of cells is the epithelium.
  — Jill Seladi-Schulman, SELF, 15 Feb. 2022
• The disease occurs when a layer of cells at the back of the eye, called the retinal pigment epithelium, degenerates.
  — Adam Piore, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2016
• Their epithelium, or nasal tissue, is about 30 times larger than ours.
  — Ellen Furlong, chicagotribune.com, 27 Oct. 2020
• When someone takes a big sniff, molecules travel up the nose to the olfactory epithelium, a small piece of tissue at the back of the nasal cavity.
  — Sara Harrison, National Geographic, 5 Aug. 2020
• At first, researchers wondered if the coronavirus was infecting nerves in the olfactory epithelium, a patch of tissue high in the nose near the base of the brain that helps people to smell.
  — Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 July 2021
• At the very top of the nasal cavity, up between the eyes, sits mucosal tissue known as the olfactory epithelium.
  — Genevieve Fullan, Longreads, 12 Apr. 2022
• Imatinib, an oral drug used to treat some leukemias and other types of cancer, can also protect the epithelium lining the alveoli, where oxygen crosses from the lungs into the blood.
  — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 5 Aug. 2021
• Fat was present in equal or greater quantities along with epithelium, bone, nerve, and connective tissue.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2017
• Without good hygiene, the lenses can pick up bacteria that can permeate the corneal epithelium, a thin skin-like covering over the cornea.
  — Philly.com, 21 Aug. 2017
• The disease damages a layer of neurons called the retinal pigment epithelium, which is crucial to the survival of the photoreceptors.
  — Ron Winslow, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2022
• In previous studies, researchers showed that a layer of cells beneath the retina, the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), ferries glucose from the blood to the retina.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 13 Oct. 2017
• As a result, there is damage to the nasal epithelium in the higher recesses of the nose, where the olfactory receptors are located.
  — Sandy Bauers, Philly.com, 7 July 2017
• The first requirement for limb regeneration is the presence of a wound, and formation of wound epithelium.
  — Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2020
• There's the olfactory epithelium (involved in sense of smell).
  — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 9 July 2020
• Disruption of the olfactory epithelium could explain the loss of smell.
  — Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2020
• Spark’s gene therapy is for people with a mutation in a gene called retinal pigment epithelium 65, or RPE65.
  — Peter Loftus, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2017
• Eventually, this leads to the breakdown of a layer of the retina called the retina pigment epithelium and the disruption of blood vessels directly behind the retina.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• This overgrowth in blood vessels can penetrate the retina pigment epithelium and leak blood directly into the eye.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• As part of that work, the lab sequenced cells in the epithelium — a sheet of neurons and supporting cells lining the upper nasal cavities — and olfactory bulb of mice to determine what RNA each cell expressed.
  — New York Times, 28 Jan. 2021
• An ill-functioning epithelium can have major impacts on your health.
  — Sara Harrison, WIRED, 20 Aug. 2019
• Glatter said significant damage to the corneal epithelium, the outermost layer of the cornea, could lead to visual impairment.
  — USA Today, 2 June 2020
• Damage to the epithelium lining the trachea and bronchi can result in the loss of protective mucus-producing cells as well as the tiny hairs, or cilia, that sweep dirt and respiratory secretions out of the lungs.
  — Jason Gale, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2020
• Researchers used stem cells to create retinal pigment epithelium cells, which were transplanted into a patient's retina (left) in an area depicted by the black circle.
  — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2014
• According to a press release, the nose and airway are lined with epithelial tissue consisting mainly of three cell types: basal cells, goblet cells and multiciliated cells, which make up about 80% of all cells in the nasal epithelium.
  — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2023
• The key actions produced by the initial injury and wound epithelium also remain mysterious.
  — Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2020
• The additional claim that swabbing leads to damage in the olfactory epithelium is also unlikely.
  — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 9 July 2020
• The Osedax root epithelium presumably absorbs bone collagen and/or lipids, which are metabolized by the symbiotic bacteria that in turn serve for Osedax's nutrition.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2017
• Forty-one patients with dog epithelium allergy were selected.
  — Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2012
• The exact causes of this condition aren’t known, but it may be associated with a defect in the protective lining (epithelium) of the bladder, an autoimmune reaction, infection, or allergy.
  — Women's Health, 22 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024