The extracellular matrix protein fibronectin forms fibrils when in association with cells that exert tension. Cells apply enough force to stretch fibrils in vivo. Stretching of individual ...

Between and around the billions of neurons in the human brain is an equally vital scaffold, the extracellular matrix (ECM ...

The orderly arrangement of cells in tissues depends on complex signaling between cells. Learn how cellular junctions play important roles in cell adhesion and communication.

What's really happening in the space between the cells in your body? With the Collagen Canvas project, students from Leiden ...