The skin epidermis has become the paradigm for exploring how a stratified epithelium develops in the embryo and how, in the adult, it maintains an inner layer of proliferating cells that gives ...

NANOG, an essential gene for embryonic stem cells, also regulates cell division in stratified epithelia in adult organisms, researchers have found. According to the conclusions of the study this ...

In response, adjacent cells dedifferentiate and form squamous epithelium. In healthy scenarios, basal cells and stem cells differentiate and form pseudo-stratified epithelium when toxic exposure ...

They discovered that the stratified and columnar epithelia at the cervical transition zone arise from two distinct stem cells. The regeneration of these two epithelial lineages and their ...

The inner lining of the digestive tract is made up of cells known as epithelial cells. In the esophagus, they take the form of squamous, or stratified, cells, which are layered horizontally ...

More information: Yosuke Mai et al, Patterning in stratified epithelia depends on cell–cell adhesion, Life Science Alliance (2024). DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202402893 ...

Recent advancements have led to the development of skin cellular models that closely mimic human skin's complexity, including structures like stratified epithelia, fat-rich dermis and pigmented hair ...

Answer: No. Because your skin is made of something called stratified squamous epithelium, which is impermeable, so water can’t make it through the layers of your skin to rehydrate you. The water will ...

The principal causative agents are human papillomaviruses (HPVs), which invade stratified epithelia. In many cases, these viral infections are transient and can be cleared by the immune system ...

Treatment aims to restore a normal regular corneal surface and adherence between the epithelium and Bowman's membrane (a basement membrane that lies between the outer layer of stratified epithelium ...