“The epithelial cells are making a signal kind of like a scream: ‘We got injured, we need repair, you need to come over here,’” says Sun-Min Yu, an engineer at the University of ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a previously unknown process used by epithelial cells to alleviate epithelial tissue crowding and avoid cell damage and loss, according to a recent ...

In a new paper appearing in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, a leading scientific publication in the field of research on skin and connective tissue, The Hormel Institute, University of ...

Researchers have discovered a novel gut-brain sensory circuit in mice where specialized colonic cells sense bacterial flagellin and rapidly suppress feeding via the vagus nerve. This "neurobiotic ...

More information: Elnaz Ghotbi et al, Transcription factor KROX20 marks epithelial stem cell ancestors for hair follicle formation, Journal of Clinical Investigation (2024). DOI: 10.1172/JCI180160 ...