Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells, which form a barrier that defends the body from the outside ...

For instance, the cells that make up human epithelial tissue attach to one another through several types of adhesive junctions. Characteristic transmembrane proteins provide the basis for each of ...

As bioengineers, we became interested in the epithelial cells that make up human skin and the outer layer of people’s intestinal tissues. These cells aren’t known to be able to generate bioelectricity ...

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities -- are mute, ...

Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells. This barrier tissue performs its function thanks to ...

Our skin and mucous membranes protect us like vigilant sentinels against the onslaught of harmful pathogens. This extraordinary defense owes its strength to epithelial cells—specialized tissues woven ...

Epithelial organ development is achieved through inductive interactions between different tissue types, typically between epithelial and mesenchymal tissues. Although the signaling pathways regulating ...