Examples of basement membrane in the following topics:
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- The basement membrane anchors epithelium to the connective tissue beneath it.
- The two layers are collectively known as the basement membrane.
- The basement membrane is also essential for angiogenesis (development of new blood vessels).
- Basement membrane proteins have been found to accelerate differentiation of endothelial cells.
- Some diseases result from a poorly-functioning basement membrane.
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- Since the dermis is intact, local fibroblasts are able to contribute to the formation of a new basement membrane, upon which the epidermis sits.
- In very minor wounds even the basement membrane might remain intact, allowing for rapid re-epithelialization.
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- Together, the HD-anchoring filament complex forms a continuous structural link between the basal keratinocyte keratin intermediate filaments and the underlying basement membrane zone (BMZ) and dermal components.
- Electron microscopic analysis of the epidermal basement membrane zone (BMZ) reveals that it comprises a narrow and sometimes folded interface between the basal keratinocytes and the dermis.
- Thin, extracellular, electron-dense lines, parallel to the plasma membrane, subjacent to the outer plaque are visible in one third of HDs and are termed sub-basal dense plates (SBDPs).
- Beneath the lamina densa, loop-structured, cross-banded anchoring fibrils extend more than 300 nm beneath the basement membrane within the papillary dermis.
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- Goodpasture's syndrome (also known as Goodpasture's disease and anti-glomerular basement antibody disease ) is a rare autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack the lungs and kidneys, leading to bleeding from the lungs, and to kidney failure.
- The antigen is a component of the non-collagenous 1 (NC1) domain of the alpha-3 chain of type IV collagen in the glomerular basement membrane.
- Micrograph of a crescentic glomerulonephritis that was shown to be anti-glomerular basement membrane disease.
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- The basement membrane: a thin sheet of fibers called the basement membrane, that seperates the dermis and epidermis.
- The epidermis continually grows outward to shed old layers of skin and replace them with new layers, while the basement membrane and dermis provide mechanical and chemical support for the epidermis.
- The mucous membranes (or mucosae; singular mucosa) are linings of mostly endodermal origin, covered in various types of epithelium, which are involved in absorption and secretion.
- Most mucous membranes secrete a sticky, thick fluid called mucus, which faciliates several barrier immune system functions and provides a moist environment for internal and semi-internal structures.
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- At 16 weeks gestation, the basement membrane folds.
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- One side of the epithelial cell is oriented towards the surface of the tissue, body cavity, or external environment and the other surface is joined to a basement membrane.
- The basement layer is non-cellular in nature and helps to cement the epithelial tissue to the underlying structures.
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- The visceral layer lies just beneath the thickened glomerular basement membrane and is made of podocytes which form small slits in which the fluid passes through into the nephron.
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- The dermis is tightly connected to the epidermis by a basement membrane.
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- It is separated into compartments by membranes which encircle the various organelles of the cell.
- The contents of a eukaryotic cell within the cell membrane, excluding the cell nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles (e.g. mitochondria, plastides, lumen of endoplasmic reticulum etc.), is referred to as the cytoplasm.
- The majority of the intersitial space functions as an ECM, a fluid space consisting of cell-excreted molecules, lies between the basement membranes of interstitial spaces.
- Spatial relationship between the blood vessels, basement membranes, and interstitial space between structures.
- The cytosol (#11) is the fluid within the plasma membrane of a cell and contains the organelles.