Further research can help identify those other ion channels and pathways that allow epithelial cells to generate bioelectricity. Our discovery that epithelial cells can electrically speak up during a ...

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells—which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities—are mute, serving ...

Cara J. Gottardi, Ph.D., associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care and of Cell and ...

The fascinatingly diverse detail of a rat’s bronchial epithelial surface ... s self-clearing mechanisms. Large, round extrusions, known as goblet cells, secrete mucous to catch dust, allergens ...

For a long time, it was believed that only nerve and heart cells utilized electrical impulses for communication, while epithelial cells which form the linings of human skin, organs, and body cavities ...

Team from UMass Amherst uncovers communication by “electric spiking” in cells once thought to be mute, which could enable bioelectric applications “Epithelial cells do things that no one has ...