The epithelial membranes of any organism consist of cells that have a regular columnar shape and defined apical–basolateral polarity. During carcinogenesis, epithelial cells lose these ...

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells—which ...

The research process is painstaking, but the potential payoff in understanding how such an essential cellular system is initiated cannot be overstated: Loss of polarity is a key event in epithelial ...

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

Organoids contain multiple organ-specific cell types interacting ... for scientists to study epithelial barrier integrity, secretion, absorption, innate immune responses, and differentiation. To ...

The following is a summary of "Radiation decreases bronchial epithelial progenitor function as assessed by organoid formation," published in the January 2025 issue of the Respiratory Research by ...