Cells in humans and all vertebrates are tightly packed together to form organs and glands — tissues essential for living, breathing and moving. “In humans, three families of membrane proteins in ...
Barriers between stem cells play a crucial role in human development—and offer a new potential route for fertility treatment SAN FRANCISCO, CA—As a human embryo grows, a set of molecules directs cells ...
The formation of tight junctions by parietal epithelial cells (PECs) creates a barrier that confines proteins to the Bowman's space, say the researchers of a new study. Disruption of these tight ...
Cell-to-cell junctions were visualized by ZO1-GFP, and the dynamics of cell junctions were captured by movies. When the cells indicated by * were spontaneously stretched, a continuous belt of cell ...