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

that have critical functionsin maintaining the shape and apical-basal polarity of epithelial cells. Figure 1: The domains and junctions of epithelial cells. Adherens junctions (AJ)contain the most ...

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

We found that wounded epithelial cells can send bioelectric signals to neighboring cells over distances more than 40 times their body length with voltages similar to those of neurons. The shapes of ...

First, we used this material to grow intestinal epithelial tissues as circular cysts ... geometry dictates the appearance of specific cell types in certain areas. The shape generates spontaneous ...

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, ...

Many events that shape the developing animal embryos involve rearrangements of simple epithelial sheets into more complex three ... activities are translated into coordinated changes in cell behavior: ...

We found that wounded epithelial cells can send bioelectric signals to neighboring cells over distances more than 40 times their body length with voltages similar to those of neurons. The shapes ...