Pancreatic
Epithelial Cells Form Islet - Like Clusters in the Absence of Directed Migration.
Corresponding to the primary function of epithelial tissues, i. e. forming a barrier between compartments,
epithelial cells form tight adhesions between each other, and display only lateral mobility, confined by the basement membrane.
Epithelial cells form tissue layers that cover our skin and the inner surfaces of most of our internal organs, while endothelial cells line the adjacent blood - transporting vessels and capillaries that support their functions.
Not exact matches
In
cell culture, high expression levels of GPR161 induced proliferation of mammary
epithelial cells, disrupted the acinar structures
formed by these
cells, and enhanced their invasive capacity.
The «dry»
form is caused by natural deposits on the retina that gradually kill retinal pigment
epithelial cells.
Similar patches and treatments have already been tested against the «wet»
form — in which blood vessels invade and destroy the retinal pigment
epithelial cells that nourish and support the photoreceptor
cells that capture light.
Esrp1 and Esrp2 are active specifically in
epithelial cells, which
form the skin, the inner layers of the gut and lung, and other tissues in the body.
So Welham's team set out to engineer vocal fold mucosae in the lab using the two main
cell types that make up the tissue — connective fibroblasts, which
form the main body, and
epithelial cells, which line the surface.
When this model was in its softest mode, normal (benign) mammary
epithelial cells behaved normally within it,
forming cellular structures referred to as acini that capture many key features of the normal in vivo mammary epithelium.
The images show how a growth factor caused
cells to change
forms and regroup from tight packs of
epithelial cells to more mobile, loose arrays of mesenchymal
cells — information useful for studying cancer and wound healing.
The drug treatment and radiation cause damage to the
epithelial cells, which
form part of the intestinal mucosal layer.
Similar patches have already had some positive results for the «wet»
form, in which blood vessels invade and destroy the retinal pigment
epithelial cells.
To test their idea for the dry
form, Amir Kashani of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and his colleagues coated 6 by 4 - millimetre slithers of polymer with retinal pigment
epithelial cells they had grown, then transplanted these into four people.
During pregnancy,
epithelial cells in the breasts proliferate and
form structures that make milk.
It has been designed for treating the «dry»
form of macular degeneration, caused by deposits on the retina gradually killing retinal pigment
epithelial cells, which support light - capturing
cells.
During pregnancy, hormonal signals cause
epithelial cells lining the ducts to proliferate and
form ball - like structures called alveoli, which is where milk is made when the baby is born.
Basically, when you look at different types of
cells, such as fibroblasts, which
form connective tissue, or
epithelial cells, from saliva, you see general correlations within a person.
«All
epithelial cells — and that's the
cells that make up most of the organs in our bodies — can do this, so you could imagine that this type of local chamber could be
forming transiently in many different parts of the body, whenever
cells need to self - organise and communicate,» Gilmour says.
This shows hair shafts (arrows)
formed by induced pluripotent stem
cell - derived
epithelial stem
cells.
Thus,
epithelial tumor
cells must undergo phenotypical changes that allow them to breach the basement membrane, invade adjacent tissues and ultimately
form distant metastases.
With the reference
cell census data in hand, the research team is excited to conduct additional studies, including ones involving models or human patients with gastrointestinal conditions — Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, gastrointestinal cancers,
forms of food allergy, etc. — aimed at identifying changes in gene expression and
epithelial structure and function that could reveal new insights and opportunities for therapeutic development.
In the Intestine Chip, the epithelium
forms villi - like projections lined by polarized
epithelial cells that undergo multi-lineage differentiation similar to that of intestinal organoids, however, these
cells expose their apical surfaces to an open lumen and interface with endothelium.
Sponge
cells adhere to
form tissue - like layers, but a true
epithelial cell layer, characterized by aligned
cell polarity, belt -
form junctions and underlying basal lamina, is thought to be a eumetazoan innovation.
Third place went to Charlie Granger, a PhD candidate in optics, who used adaptive optics technology to show the natural fluorescence of retinal pigment
epithelial cells, which
form a layer only one
cell deep, on the backside of the eye's light - sensitive retina.
Similar to primary keratinocytes, long - term — cultured squamous
cell carcinoma (30) and many other
epithelial cancer
cells (30, 31) can also
form different types of clones in culture.
The observations made herein are unlikely restricted to only PC3
cells as Du145 holoclones can also be serially passaged and sustain long - term propagation (31) and many other
epithelial cancer
cells form holoclones that also express CSC markers such as CD44 (30).
Epithelial cells are polarized - they have a top and bottom, which differ from one another in
form and function.
Interestingly, long - term — cultured human
epithelial cancer
cells in clonal cultures also
form holoclones, meroclones, and paraclones, and tumor
cell holoclones have been hypothesized to harbor stem - like
cells or cancer stem
cells.
The intestinal
epithelial cells (IECs) that line the gut
form a robust line of defense against ingested pathogens.
This lining consists of a layer of
epithelial cells that come together to
form a barrier that is impenetrable to the nanoparticles, thereby necessitating the use of injections to be an effective
form of treatment.
Last year, Mandriota and collaborators demonstrated that in a cancer mouse model, concentrations of aluminum in the amount of those measured in the human breast are able to transform cultured mammary
epithelial cells, allowing them to
form tumors and to metastasize.
(C) Degree of branching and number of mammary
epithelial cell layers in the mammary tissue
formed by mammary
cells infected with miR - 150.
While found in some mammary
cells prior to pregnancy, the activated
form of STAT5 is detected in the great majority of
epithelial mammary
cells, and at increased levels, during pregnancy and lactation (Liu et al., 1995; Wagner and Rui, 2008).
While vitamin A is best known for its vital role in vision, the retinoid
forms of this vitamin also participate in physiological activities related to the immune system, inflammatory system, maintenance of
epithelial and mucosal tissues, growth, reproduction, bone development, creation of red blood
cells, and production of spermatozoa (male reproductive
cells).
They also serve as the major energy source for colonocytes (
epithelial cells of the colon) and are thought to regulate human gene expression in order to reduce the risk of gastrointestinal disorders, some
forms of cancer, and cardiovascular disease.
There are various types of bladder tumors like squamous
cell carcinoma (arise in the
epithelial cells), adenocarcinoma (arise in the glandular epithelium), undifferentiated carcinoma, rhabdomyosarcoma (tumor of the striated muscle -
form of fibers combined into parallel fibers like the skeletal and the cardiac muscles), fibroma (tumors made of fibrous or connective tissue.