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  • adjective Between cells.

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trans- +‎ cellular

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Examples

  • Aquaphilic, or water-soluble, ingredients may be able to pass through watery cells, taking a transcellular path.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • Aquaphilic, or water-soluble, ingredients may be able to pass through watery cells, taking a transcellular path.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • Aquaphilic, or water-soluble, ingredients may be able to pass through watery cells, taking a transcellular path.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • Campylobacter, regardless of its own invasiveness, promotes the translocation of non-invasive bacteria across the intestinal epithelium via a lipid raft-mediated transcellular process.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2009

  • In T84 monolayers, Campylobacter-induced internalization and translocation of E. coli occurred via a transcellular pathway, without increasing epithelial permeability, and was blocked by depletion of epithelial plasma membrane cholesterol.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2009

  • On the other hand, the selectivity of the transcellular transfer is shaped by the apical and basolateral plasma membrane; such a process occurs in the cases of hydrophobic molecules or when a specific transporter is present (for example aquaporines for water).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Angelo Quaranta et al. 2009

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