Epithelial

Live cell imaging studies have revealed that microvilli — finger-like protrusions on the surface of epithelial cells — move and collide as they form the brush border. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a role for microtubules — part of the cellular “skeleton” — in organizing the unique sidedness of the epithelial cells that line organs like the intestines. Read More

The machinery that builds the characteristic shape of epithelial cells suppresses breast cancer formation and metastasis in a mouse model. Read More

The epithelial cells that line the intestines have a newly discovered mechanism for protecting us against microbes: they fire anti-bacterial "bullets" into the gut. Read More

Researchers define the protein interactions that establish our organs' lining. Read More