The side surfaces of epithelial cells are tightly linked to those of ... and other adaptor complexes bind desmosomes to intermediate filaments. Both of these types of junctional complexes provide ...

Observations of electrical signal propagation across colonies of epithelial cells suggest they may be able to communicate, ...

"Epithelial cells do things that no one has ever thought to look for," says Granick. "When injured, they 'scream' to their neighbors, slowly, persistently and over surprising distances. It's like ...

However, glial cells in the brain continue to divide throughout a mammal's adult life. Mammalian epithelial cells also turn over regularly, typically every few days. Whenever stem cells are called ...

To our surprise, however, we found that wounded epithelial cells can propagate electrical signals across dozens of cells that persist for several hours. In this newly published research ...

Pemphigus is an autoimmune bullous disease, in which autoantibodies react with the cell–cell adhesion structures, desmosomes ... while mucosal epithelial damage is more severe owing to a ...