Squamous cell carcinoma. Most people think of skin cancer when they hear the words "squamous cell carcinoma." And it is true that this type of carcinoma often shows up on the skin. But squamous ...

1Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 2Division of Allergic Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

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 ...

"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 ...

Epithelial cells, previously thought to be silent, have been found to communicate using slow electrical signals, similar to nerve impulses but 1,000 times slower.

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We cultured lung alveolar epithelial cells to confluence, the cells were starved for 24 h, and then wounded by scratching with a standard micropipette tip. Wound healing was assessed after 24 h under ...

squamous cell carcinoma in situ (SCCIS), cSCC, and their matched normal tissues, thus covering comprehensive clinical courses of cSCC, the authors provide an invaluable data resource. This study ...

Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) are a mucosal immune barrier essential to coordinate host–microbe crosstalk. Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory syndrome with dysfunction in multiple organs including ...