Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells, which form a barrier that defends the body from the outside ...

The side-to-side junctions that link epithelial cells are diverse in their protein makeup and function. The adhesive transmembrane proteins anchoring these junctions have extracellular portions ...

Two molecular control factors play a decisive role in what is known as splicing, the cutting and assembly of mature messenger ...

For instance, the cells that make up human epithelial tissue attach to one another through several types of adhesive junctions. Characteristic transmembrane proteins provide the basis for each of ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have uncovered new insights into how intercellular "glue" functions to enable ...

Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells. This barrier tissue performs its function thanks to ...

R75W mutation in the gap junction β2 (GJB2) gene causes severe fragmentation of gap junction plaques, connecting adjacent ...

The stress of heat and oxidative damage during exercise causes disruption to intestinal epithelial cell tight junction proteins resulting in increased permeability to luminal endotoxins. The endotoxin ...

Heavy alcohol consumption is a leading cause of gastrointestinal diseases, with binge drinking linked to increased intestinal ...