During RA, characteristic histopathological changes occur; the synovial lining layer undergoes thickening and hypertrophy, and in the sublining leukocytes such as monocytes, T cells and B cells ...

A recent study reported two distinct subsets of synovial fibroblasts (SF), immune effector fibroblasts expressing podoplanin (Pdpn) and Thy-1 cell surface antigen (Thy1) found in the sub-lining ...

Textbooks usually depict the epithelial cells encasing the interior and exterior of your body as passive barriers. But ...

Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells. This barrier tissue performs its function thanks to specialized structures called junctions. They ensure cell cohesion and regulate ...

Cell adhesion is the process by which cells form contacts with each other or with their substratum through specialized protein complexes. Intercellular adhesion can be mediated by adherens ...

OBJECTIVE Synovial cysts of the vertebral facet joints are a source of nerve root compression. Different surgical procedures are in use, but no consensus has been formed so far as to which method ...