In addition, evidence has been provided for an active transport mechanism in the human intestinal mucosa.
However, oral administration of extracts of intestinal mucosa failed to help several patients with type 1 diabetes.
Usually they are not well absorbed over the intestinal mucosa and a high variability is expected.
Around the same time, others showed that the intestinal mucosa was not disrupted in cholera, as previously thought.
When juvenile worms are hatched, little damage is done by their penetration into the intestinal mucosa.
It originates from telangiectatic small blood vessels in the intestinal mucosa.
It was also found not to be unique to intestinal mucosa and is present in other cells.
This enzyme is isolated from intestinal mucosa as a single polypeptide chain.
They are absorbed well from the stomach and intestinal mucosa.
However, their limited availability and small size leads to the use of either skin transplants or intestinal mucosa to be able to cover bigger defects.