Researchers from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, in collaboration with scientists at UCSF and Northwestern University, have profiled human breast epithelial cells, identifying ...

Scientists have found that in-common genetic alterations in both cancerous cells and the surrounding normal-looking cells (called tumor microenvironment or stroma) play an important role in predicting ...

Cells talk to each other to coordinate nutrition, waste removal, energy use, and, in some cases, disease progression. The cells that line the surfaces of organs or specific tissues, called epithelial ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell in the human respiratory tract called the pulmonary ionocyte, and linked it to lung function decline in cystic fibrosis. Pulomonary ionocytes make up ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Epithelial thickness mapping can help solve diagnostic dilemmas for ophthalmologists considering refractive ...

Damage to podocytes -- a specialized type of epithelial cell in the kidney -- occurs in more than 90 percent of all chronic kidney disease. Now researchers have uncovered an unexpected pathway that ...

Barrett's epithelium is recognized as a complication of erosive esophagitis and is the pre-malignant condition for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. A research team from Yokohama City University School ...

Long-term primary cultures of epithelial cells from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) liver have been established. Nearly homogenous (>97%) populations of hepatocytes were placed into primary ...

Lithobius forficatus (Myriapoda, Chilopoda, Lithobiidae) is a widespread species of centipede that is common across Europe. Its midgut epithelial cells are an important line of defense against toxic ...