In 2020-2021, a mysterious skin disease affected fishermen in Senegal. High levels of Portimine A toxin, produced by the ...

In this manuscript the authors established a novel three-dimensional culture system for stratified epithelia that allows epithelial cells to undergo epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and ...

"What happens to the eye when you get UV exposure is that the epithelial layer loses its resilience. Some of it sloughs off," ...

People living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have new hope, with clinical trials beginning for a breakthrough treatment for one of the most ...

Some special polysaccharides can interact with surface receptors of human epithelial skin cells (Keratinocytes), triggering these cells into different physiological states. We know polysaccharides ...

Discover studies that have shown that psoriasis patients exhibit elevated intestinal permeability, correlating with ...

From whole-skin RNA-seq, the site-specific gene signatures for central facial skin were mainly enriched in epithelial cell differentiation, with upregulation of the activator protein-1 (AP1) ...

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is an epithelial tumour of the skin. It seldom metastasizes, but has the potential for local invasion and destruction. It usually occurs as one or several small pearly ...

Researchers find that unique bacterial species, known as the “sexome,” are transferred between individuals during sexual ...