@article{3444, keywords = {Humans, Epithelium, Epithelial Cells, Friends}, author = {Celeste Nelson}, title = {Epithelial Packing: Even the Best of Friends Must Part.}, abstract = {

Textbooks commonly describe epithelia as tissues composed of regular arrays of prism-shaped cells. A~recent study combining mathematical modeling with quantitative imaging has uncovered the scutoid, a new shape that is necessary for epithelial cells to pack into curved tissues.

}, year = {2018}, journal = {Curr Biol}, volume = {28}, pages = {R1197-R1200}, month = {2018 Oct 22}, issn = {1879-0445}, doi = {10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.055}, language = {eng}, }