Skin Cells Communicate by 'Screaming' With Each Other Over Long Distances During Injuries, Say Scientists Experts continually are trying to understand how the human body responds to stimuli. Over the ...

As bioengineers, we became interested in the epithelial cells that make up human skin and the outer layer of people’s ...

Researchers discovered that epithelial cells that line human skin are able to communicate danger to the body through a silent ...

Scientists discover "electric spiking" communication in previously thought to be mute cells, paving the way for bioelectric ...

Until now, skin cells have been viewed as barriers that can respond to electric stimuli. Turns out, they also generate ...

Epithelial cells "talk" to each other with slow electrical signals, and "scream" to their neighbors when injured, new ...

Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells. This 'barrier' tissue performs its function thanks to specialized structures called 'junctions'. They ensure cell cohesion and regulate ...

Now, US researchers have discovered that the epithelial cells that line our skin and organs are able to signal the same way ...

Think of how your skin heals itself after a scratch. Epithelial cells may look silent and calm, but they’re busy coordinating with each other to extrude damaged cells and replace them with new ones.

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 ...