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Definition of "transcellular" []

  • Between cells. (adjective)

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Use "transcellular" in a sentence
  • "Aquaphilic, or water-soluble, ingredients may be able to pass through watery cells, taking a transcellular path."
  • "Campylobacter, regardless of its own invasiveness, promotes the translocation of non-invasive bacteria across the intestinal epithelium via a lipid raft-mediated transcellular process."
  • "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."