The electric skin cell signals, which move at glacial pace compared to those in nerve cells, may play a role in initiating healing.

Scientists discover "electric spiking" communication in previously thought to be mute cells, paving the way for bioelectric ...

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities -- are mute, ...

Skin Cells Communicate by 'Screaming' With Each Other Over Long Distances During Injuries, Say Scientists Experts continually are trying to understand how the human body responds to stimuli. Over the ...

Acquisition of invasive and metastatic capabilities is frequently associated with loss of cell–cell adhesion. One of the major constituents of the cell-adhesion complex in epithelial cells is E ...