Tumors are held together by a structure called the extracellular matrix (ECM) that acts like ... including pole-like fibers. At the center of the tumor, the fibers were spread out and disorganized ...

Researchers suggest discoveries may lead to new strategies for treating skin diseases, inflammation, diabetes, and ...

The discovery, published in Nature, opens the path to new strategies for treating skin diseases and immunological disorders, with special potential for the treatment of inflammation, diabetes, and age ...

The extracellular matrix is critical for maintaining the structure and function of the skin and other tissues, acting as a barrier to the entry of microorganisms and toxins." Dr. Andrés Hidalgo ...

Conventional methods to implant myoblasts, precursors to muscle fiber, require prior scarring for the new cells to graft ...

The orderly arrangement of cells in tissues depends on complex signaling between cells. Learn how cellular junctions play important roles in cell adhesion and communication.

The latter allows cells to anchor to the extracellular matrix, a network of proteins surrounding them. AP2A1 and integrin β1 move together along stress fibers. Integrin β1 strengthens cell adhesion to ...