Age-related macular degeneration begins with weakening of retinal pigment epithelium cells (RPEs), a layer of cells that support the retina's photoreceptors. When degeneration occurs, the affected ...

As a consequence, disruption of the epithelial cell layer may occur and an injury-repair response may follow. Plasma exudation, induced by repeated injury and repair process, may change contractile ...

Yu and Granick grew a layer of epithelial cells on a microelectrode array (MEA). While other approaches to measuring electrical activity in cultured cells exist, an MEA has the advantage of combining ...

This increase helped regulate the immune response in the layer that covers the inner ... the immune response was exacerbated. The epithelial cells overproduced MHC-II, which has the function ...

It is called the transitional epithelium or urothelium. The second layer is a thin layer of connective tissue ... or beyond The bladder lining is made up of cells called transitional (urothelial) ...