Peter Attia· MD
so the function of tight junctions is to prevent material going through the channel between two epithelial cells it's a plug in the bathtub
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so the function of tight junctions is to prevent material going through the channel between two epithelial cells it's a plug in the bathtub
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and the more of these tight junctions you have between two epithelial cells the less leaky or permeable that connection is between them