[Histonet] what do you think?

[Geoff McAuliffe]

Greetings Mohamed:

The lamina propria brings small blood vessels and lymphatics close to 
the epithelium lining the large and small intestines. This allows 
nutrients to be passed back and forth and for the immune system to 
monitor any antigens that cross the epithelium. The relationship between 
the immune system and the contents of the GI tract is very complex. 
Lymph nodules in the lamina propria would make it thicker in some 
regions than in other regions. Whether the thickening you refer to is 
pathological or just the normal response to a variety of factors is 
difficult to say.

Geoff


mohamed abd el razik wrote:
> dear histonetters
> i have a quistion please regarding the thickness of lamina propria in small or larg intestine.
> what is the significant of it?? does it mean inflamation and pathological condition or mean more size and so absorption of nutrients? i mean does the thickning is favorable or not?
>  
> thanks
> Mohamed Abd Elrazik
> Histology dep.
> Fac. of Vet. Med.
> Cairo . Univ. -Egypt
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