Damaged Metaplasia

Is metaplasia harmful? What is this disease and how does it affect our body? We will try to answer this question in this article.

Before moving on to studying this disease, it is important to understand what metaplasia is. Metaplasia is the process of replacing one type of cell with another. At the same time, the cells remain alive, but their functions and properties change. In the case of metaplasia, we are talking about the replacement of one type of epithelium with another.

For example, in gastrointestinal metaplasia, intestinal epithelial cells are replaced by mucus