How Being in a Limited Space Causes Skin Cells to Move Back and Forth and Form a Three-Part Tissue Structure with Changes Linked to Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
Nohara T; Itamoto S; Kumamoto J; Mai Y; Shimano M; Kato S; Kitahata H; Nakamura H; Takashima S; Watanabe M; Nagayama M; Oikawa T; Ujiie H; Natsuga K
The researchers made a lab setup that copies how skin cells move through tiny holes and change their shape as they travel. They found that skin cells move in a back-and-forth way through small holes, and this may help wounds heal by making three layers of cells.