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Hypothesis of the present study. Vaginal-ectocervical epithelial cells acidify the lumen by active extrusion of protons via proton transport mechanisms located in the apical cell membrane. Tight junctions (filled horizontal bars) separate the plasma membranes into apical (bold lines) and basolateral domains, facing respectively the luminal (“lumen”) and contraluminal (“blood”) compartments.
