News articles tagged with 'epithelial'
How the slime mould gets organised
— 15 Mar 2011 21:05 | BiologyThe so-called cellular slime mould, a unicellular organism that may transition into a multicellular organism under stress, has just been found to have a tissue structure that was previously…
Berkeley Lab study shows how breast cell communities organise into breast tissue
— 12 Mar 2011 14:32 | HealthIn biology, the key to a healthy life is organisation. Cells that properly organise themselves into communities live long and prosper, whereas disorganised cells can become cancerous.…
Berkeley Lab researchers illuminate laminin's role in cancer formation
— 8 Mar 2011 13:53 | HealthLaminin, long thought to be only a structural support protein in the microenvironment of breast and other epithelial tissues, is 'famous' for its cross-like shape…
BUSM investigates cellular mechanisms leading to immune response in airway epithelium
— 24 Nov 2010 22:45 | HealthResearchers from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have demonstrated that commensal species of the genus Neisseriae are low inducers of human airway epithelial cell responses…
New insights into the development of epithelial cells
— 30 Oct 2010 16:32 | HealthScientists of the Max Delbrueck Centre for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and the Experimental and Clinical Research Centre (ECRC) of MDC and Charite in Berlin-Buch have gained…
Stanford study links cancer to loss of protein that hooks skin cells together
— 23 Oct 2010 16:54 | HealthIn a study to be published online Oct. 21 in PLoS Genetics, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have implicated the lack of a protein important in hooking our…
NIH scientists describe how salmonella bacteria spread in humans
— 1 Oct 2010 11:45 | HealthNew findings by National Institutes of Health scientists could explain how Salmonella bacteria, a common cause of food poisoning, efficiently spread in people. In a study published…
Researchers to activate anti-cancer gene
— 31 Aug 2010 09:18 | HealthThe intestines have to work properly if we are to benefit from the food we eat. Digestive juices must be secreted, the food broken down into smaller components and then transported…
Cells changing track: Thymus cells transform into skin cells in Swiss laboratory
— 19 Aug 2010 09:25 | HealthTaking one type of cell and transforming it into another type is now possible. Cells taken from the thymus have been transformed into skin cells - a discovery that may have important…
CD74 serves as a survival receptor on colon epithelial cells
— 31 Jul 2010 10:11 | HealthCD74 is a protein that is expressed in and on cells of the immune system, such as B lymphocytes and antigen presenting cells. This protein is known for its function in facilitating…