Many of the body's structures are surrounded by a matrix called the basement membrane, which acts as a kind of sheath that supports and surrounds muscles and fat and lines blood vessels and skin, for ...

Light-up proteins in the sheet-like matrix that encases tissues offer new toolkit for studying everything from kidney disease to aging. Duke University researchers have made the first time-lapse ...

Researchers have made the first time-lapse movies of the sheet-like mesh that surrounds and supports most animal tissues. While the thin layer of extracellular matrix known as the basement membrane ...