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 ...

Every time a tissue grows or renews itself, cells must divide inside an already crowded environment. That creates a fundamental problem that scientists have not fully understood: How does a tightly ...

Epithelial tissues form cohesive sheets of cells that line organs and body surfaces, balancing solidity to maintain barriers with fluidity to allow remodelling during development, wound healing and ...