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.

Miniature models of the brain have revealed a "previously unappreciated" role of microglia, a type of cell found within the ...

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Bioelectric signaling networks relay signals between cells. Current cancer research focuses primarily on biochemical signaling, but bioelectric signals are another communication system that ...

By stimulating macrophages—a type of white blood cell—with biological factors that mimic infection, researchers have ...

Single-cell analyses revealed molecular profiles that can distinguish PTSD from depression, potentially leading to better ...

The molecular signaling systems of complex cells are nothing like simple electronic circuits. The logic governing their operation is riotously complex — but it has advantages.

A team of researchers led by Professor Yoko Hamazaki and Assistant Professor Yann Pretemer (Department of Life Science ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed a "universal" chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) platform that offers ...

Short-term exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics triggered malignant changes in healthy lung cells, according to recently ...