The study found that gastric cells in some individuals carried three copies of certain chromosomes, hinting toward exposure ...
Textbooks usually depict the epithelial cells encasing the interior and exterior of your body as passive barriers. But ...
Scientists identify mutation patterns in healthy stomach lining, offering new insights into the earliest steps of cancer ...
Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells. This barrier tissue performs its function thanks to ...
This suggests the cells in the gastric epithelium are protected against any toxic effects of the acidic stomach contents.
It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities -- are mute, ...
To our surprise, however, we found that wounded epithelial cells can propagate electrical signals across dozens of cells that persist for several hours. In this newly published research ...
It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells — which ...