Cell adhesion is the process by which cells form contacts with each other or with their substratum through specialized protein complexes ... by adherens junctions, tight junctions and desmosomes ...

Tight junctions must be able to adapt to cell shape change and still be able to seal the gaps," explains Prof. Honigmann, chair of Biophysics and research group leader at the BIOTEC.

The mechanisms that cause these symptoms are not fully understood. The stress of heat and oxidative damage during exercise causes disruption to intestinal epithelial cell tight junction proteins ...

The defective intestinal epithelial tight junction barrier is an important ... via Toll-Like Receptor-2/Toll-Like Receptor-6 Receptor Complex–Dependent Stimulation of Peroxisome Proliferator ...