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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Karen Chambers
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2657 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
PloS one 20110418 4
<h4>Background</h4>Cell shape and tissue architecture are controlled by changes to junctional proteins and the cytoskeleton. How tissues control the dynamics of adhesion and cytoskeletal tension is unclear. We have studied epithelial tissue architecture using 3D culture models and found that adult primary prostate epithelial cells grow into hollow acinus-like spheroids. Importantly, when co-cultured with stroma the epithelia show increased lateral cell adhesions. To investigate this mechanism fu ...[more]