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 the different ...

Different types of tissues, such as bone ... As an example, consider the epithelial cells that line the inner and outer surfaces of the human body — including the skin, intestines, airway ...

Scientists found that healthy women can carry genetic changes in their breast cells that are thought to be characteristic of ...

Cell competition in epithelial tissue eliminates transformed cells expressing activated oncoproteins to maintain epithelial homeostasis. Although the process is now understood to be of mechanochemical ...

Epithelial organ development is achieved through inductive interactions between different tissue types, typically between epithelial ... activities are translated into coordinated changes in cell ...

Fatty acid synthase, the enzyme responsible for fatty acid production in cells, may be a therapeutic target for IPF, a mouse ...