Ryan Hunter, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, recently created a device to study anaerobic bacteria alongside oxygenated cells, simulating microenvironments within the body.

A therapy using a patient's own proximal basal stem cells shows promise to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Airway epithelial cells act as a physical barrier against environmental toxins and injury, and modulate inflammation and the immune response. As such, maintenance of their integrity is critical.

Observations of electrical signal propagation across colonies of epithelial cells suggest they may be able to communicate, ...

This study introduces a novel mechanism to explain how increased VPD can affect airway epithelial cells. Researchers observed how airway mucus, a dilute hydrogel composed of salts, globular ...

As an example, consider the epithelial cells that line the inner and outer surfaces of the human body — including the skin, intestines, airway, and reproductive tract. These cells provide 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, ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Epithelial cells, previously thought to be silent, have been found to communicate using slow electrical signals, similar to nerve impulses but 1,000 times slower ...