The establishment and the maintenance of apical–basal cell polarity and eventually the depolarization of a cell is a complex process controlled by a set of core protein complexes. These include ...

Epithelial cells, which line the surfaces of blood vessels and organs, possess a feature called apicobasal polarity that enables them to distinguish between their exterior and interior environment by ...

Cell polarity dictates an orientation for all cells, providing a matrix-like structure that makes up all tissue in the body. Apical and basal polarity define "up" and "down," according to Troyanovsky.

To date, it is still not clear how proteins regulate planar cell polarity (PCP) or the positioning of the basal body (BB) and cilia. Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München have now taken an ...

More than 1 million cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year. 1 Basal-cell carcinomas constitute approximately 80 percent of all nonmelanoma skin cancers. This article ...

With the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are outdoors now more than ever. Take precautions to avoid basal cell carcinoma — and learn how to spot it. Basal cell carcinoma strikes the basal cells in ...

In the broadest sense, this variation in shapes is known as cell polarity, and it is an essential property for a variety of cell functions. Growth in accordance with their polarity allows cells to ...