Since the emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), understanding the mechanisms underlying ...

Researchers at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM) have discovered a ...

Most textbooks credit nearby epithelial cells with the heavy lifting of organ building, because epithelial sheets act like ...

In various life-threatening illnesses, damage occurs to the endothelium, the inner lining of blood vessels. Writing in Nature, Wu et al. 1 report that dying endothelial cells directly induce the ...

Cell–cell contacts are mediated by vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherins and tight junctions. F-actin, filamentous actin; N-cadherin, neural cadherin; UPA; urokinase-type plasminogen activator.

University of Virginia scientists discover new cell organelle called "hemifusome" that helps manage cellular recycling.

This study introduces a valuable spring-bead model for epithelial cell layers, designed to improve previous cell-resolved approaches and to understand the connection between the biophysics of ...

The endothelium lining the valve plays a critical role. It’s very important whether the valve consists of two or three leaflets. There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If ...