A new review reveals that the adhesion molecule E-cadherin rises and falls in precise spatial and temporal patterns to ...

Epithelial cells seal the outer surface of an early embryo, and a protein complex best known for gluing them to one another turns out to be the tool they use to clear away neighbours that are dying.

E-cadherin behaves like a glue in healthy tissues, keeping epithelial cells connected and organized. Discovered 43 years ago, this transmembrane glycoprotein connects epithelial cells together at ...

The protein E-cadherin, which helps cells connect to each other, turned out to be a participant in another important process ...

Scientists have discovered that E-cadherin, a protein best known as the “glue” holding cells and tissues together, has a surprising second job: helping epithelial cells swallow nearby dead cells.

Cadherin-17, also called liver-intestine cadherin, is a calcium-dependent transmembrane glycoprotein that mediates cell–cell adhesion in intestinal epithelium. Expression of cadherin-17 was reported ...

Fruit-fly ovaries were used in a new study to uncover how E-cadherin guides collective cell migration. According to traditional scientific dogma, E-cadherin acts like the mortar between bricks, ...

Northeastern University scientists have discovered that a protein in the human brain could potentially be used to grow new neurons in the lab and enhance brain processes affected by aging or ...

Cadherin-containing cell–cell junctions respond to intercellular tension by increasing their size, strength and complexity. The mechanical regulation of cadherin adhesions is now shown to involve ...

If you place certain types of living cells on a microscope slide, the cells will inch across the glass, find their neighbors, and assemble themselves into a simple, if primitive tissue. A new study at ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center discovered that a cell adhesion protein, E-cadherin, allows breast cancer cells to survive as they travel through the body and form new tumors, a ...

Cadherins are Ca2+ dependent cell-cell adhesion molecules that mediate adhesion between cells and tissues in organisms. They are differentiated into several types based on their location and ...