Until now, the general importance of microvilli present on the surface of almost all differentiated cells has been strongly underestimated and essential functions of these abundant surface organelles ...

Microvilli are used by immune cells to sense the surface features of pathogens and antigen presenting cells. However, microvilli’s contribution in T cell signaling and activation is largely unknown.

T cells communicate with the environment via surface receptors. Cooperation of surface receptors regulates T-cell responses to diverse stimuli. Recently, finger-like membrane protrusions, microvilli, ...

Normal variations in glomerular filtration induce proportional changes in proximal tubule Na+ reabsorption. This "glomerulotubular balance" derives from flow dependence of Na+ uptake across luminal ...

Recent studies used impression cytology with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to study the conjunctival surface of bovine eyes and normal human eyes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ...

Jane A. Westfall, Kelley L. Sayyar and Carol F. Elliott Sea anemones feed by orchestrated movements of tentacles covered with ciliary cones overlying both nematocytes and sensory neurons and mediating ...

In a just released article in the Journal of Molecular Recognition, Dr. Hermann Schillers et al. report the first visualization of individual microvilli on living cells with atomic force microscopy.

This view of a kidney epithelial cell provides important insights into how microvilli, which absorb nutrients, are created and how they behave. This view of a kidney epithelial cell provides important ...

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. Intestinal epithelial cells are covered by the ...