Background & Aims: Communication between T cells and the intestinal epithelium is altered in many diseases, causing T-cell activation, depletion, or recruitment, and disruption of the epithelium.We hypothesize that activation of T cells regulates epithelial barrier function by targeting the assembly of the tight junction complex.Methods: In a 3

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Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has evolved from the originally morphological imaging technique to a powerful and multifunctional technique for manipulating and detecting the interactions between molecules at nanometer resolution.However, AFM cannot provide the precise information of synchronized molecular groups and has many styling product shortcom