Cell Extrusion: Crowd Pushing and Sticky Neighbours

Alexis Villars (1, 2) , Romain Levayer (1)

1 EPIC - Epigénomique, Prolifération et Identité Cellulaire - Epigenomics, Proliferation and the Identity of Cells
2 Collège Doctoral

Cell extrusion is a highly coordinated process allowing the removal of an epithelial cell from the tissue layer without disrupting its integrity. Two new studies shed new light on the complexity of cell–cell coordination at play during cell extrusion.

Domaines: Interactions cellulaires [q-bio.CB]

Alexis Villars, Romain Levayer. Cell Extrusion: Crowd Pushing and Sticky Neighbours. Current Biology - CB, 2020, 30 (4), pp.R168-R171. ⟨10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.033⟩. ⟨hal-02644862⟩