Lecuit, who researches the
organisation of epithelial tissues in developing organs, learned to resist these temptations at about the time he became an independent scientist.
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.
In particular we are interested to unravel the mechanisms that ensure the maintenance of the apical membrane when exposed to physical stress, e. g. during
morphogenesis of epithelial tissues, or when exposed to light stress in photoreceptor cells, using Drosophila and zebrafish as model organisms.
In this paper, we study the development and
migration of epithelial tissues on glass wires of well - defined radii varying from less than 1 µm up to 85 µm.
In a wide
range of epithelial tissues such as kidney tubules or breast acini, cells organize into bidimensional monolayers experiencing an out - of - plane curvature.
It enhances immunity, may help to heal gastrointestinal ulcers, and is needed for the maintenance and
repair of epithelial tissue, of which the skin and mucus membranes are composed.
Canine dry skin is associated with the progressive
death of epithelial tissues (outer surface of the skin) and massive keratin accumulation (proteins that make up the outer skin layer) on the skin.