Figure 2: Cell-shape changes and shuffling occurring during repair of an epithelial tissue culture wound. It remains to be seen whether a similar set of adherens junction softening signals is ...

Epithelial conversation An epithelial cell-coated microelectrode array with 60 precisely ... the researchers observed electrical potential changes with comparable amplitudes and similar shapes to ...

that have critical functionsin maintaining the shape and apical-basal polarity of epithelial cells. Figure 1: The domains and junctions of epithelial cells. Adherens junctions (AJ)contain the most ...

First, we used this material to grow intestinal epithelial tissues as circular cysts ... geometry dictates the appearance of specific cell types in certain areas. The shape generates spontaneous ...

Many events that shape the developing animal embryos involve rearrangements of simple epithelial sheets into more complex three ... activities are translated into coordinated changes in cell behavior: ...