Tight junctions (blue dots) between cells are connected areas of the plasma membrane that stitch cells ... connect intermediate filaments of a cell to the basal lamina, a combination of ...

A few years ago, the research group succeeded in generating an epithelial cell line that specifically and completely lacks tight junction membrane proteins claudins and JAM-A, and demonstrated ...

Tight junction proteins bind to the surface of the cell membrane at the interface where the cells touch each other. When the number of proteins bound there reaches a certain threshold, the ...

These cells provide a dramatic example of the different kinds of cell-to-cell junctions, but the same junctions also exist in a wide range of other tissues. The side surfaces of epithelial cells ...

The fatty membrane surrounding every living cell is a vibrant environment where countless biological processes take place.

New research, published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, uncovers the unique dynamics governing the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)’s evolution and addresses the long-standing ...