The inherent property of desmosome-rich epithelial cells to separate from surrounding stromal tissues as tightly adherent clusters, and the use of rapid, alcohol-based fixation of thin layers of ...

As bioengineers, we became interested in the epithelial cells that make up human skin and the outer layer of people’s intestinal tissues. These cells aren’t known to be able to generate bioelectricity ...

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

Now, US researchers have discovered that the epithelial cells that line our skin and organs are able to signal the same way ...

But we did our experiments anyway – with tantalizing results. We grew a layer of epithelial cells on a chip patterned with what’s called a microelectrode array – dozens of tiny electric ...

Granick and Yu used an epithelial-cell-coated chip with 60 precisely placed electrodes to eavesdrop. Yu, a cell-culture expert, grew a single layer of human epithelial cells on the chip, which ...

The study, which included four case reports, revealed that the formation of the opaque bubble layer (OBL) during SMILE ...