Patients with MEN2B may also be affected my mucosal neuromas and Marfanoid habitus, which is not associated with MEN2A. The prognosis for patients with MEN2B is typically worse than that for ...

MEN type 2B is a very rare disorder and can cause medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, and lesions on the tongue and lips (mucosal neuromas). Familial paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndrome is ...

3 Multiple mucosal and cutaneous neuromas, as well as prominent corneal nerves, may be seen in PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS). 4 In addition, patients with Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome ...

The mucosal immune system is comprised of anatomically remote and physiologically independent compartments that protect ocular, nasopharyngeal, respiratory, oral, gastrointestinal, and ...

These results were confirmed by the selective genetic inhibition of TMEM219 on intestinal stem cells LGR5 in vivo, which allowed for the preservation of mucosal regeneration and healing in ...

Mucosal antibody levels were determined from nasal swab specimens obtained at baseline (defined as 5 weeks after the booster dose) in all participants, as well as during and after subsequent ...