OSAKA UNIVERSITY IMAGE: MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF ESCAPE FROM APICAL EXTRUSION DURING CELL COMPETITION. CREDIT: 2022 KAJIWARA ET AL., SRC ACTIVATION IN LIPID RAFTS CONFERS EPITHELIAL CELLS WITH INVASIVE POTENTIAL TO ESCAPE FROM APICAL EXTRUSION DURING CELL COMPETITION , CURRENT BIOLOGY Osaka, Japan – Epithelial cells, which line the surfaces and organs of the body, can...
WASEDA UNIVERSITY IMAGE: WASEDA UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY THE UNDERLYING MECHANISM BEHIND THE EXTRUSION OF PRECANCEROUS CELLS BY EPITHELIAL CELLS, A MECHANISM THAT PREVENTS THE FORMATION OF CANCEROUS LESIONS. CREDIT: WASEDA UNIVERSITY In addition to its immune surveillance system, recent reports have shown that the human body has defense mechanisms run by non-immune epithelial cells. Epithelial...
