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Communication Between Cells

Communication between cells is the set of processes by which cells exchange information to coordinate development, physiology, and responses to their environment, maintaining homeostasis across tissues and whole organisms. It is conventionally classified by the distance and route of signaling. In direct communicatio…

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Overview

Communication between cells is the set of processes by which cells exchange information to coordinate development, physiology, and responses to their environment, maintaining homeostasis across tissues and whole organisms. It is conventionally classified by the distance and route of signaling. In direct communication, adjacent cells exchange small molecules and ions through gap junctions or interact via membrane-bound surface molecules. In chemical signaling, cells release messengers that act locally on neighbors (paracrine), on themselves (autocrine), at synapses, or over long distances through the bloodstream as hormones (endocrine). These signals are detected by specific receptors at the cell surface or within the cell, triggering intracellular signal-transduction cascades that amplify and integrate the message and ultimately alter gene expression, metabolism, secretion, growth, or movement. Such pathways coordinate complex physiology, as in cardiorenal signaling that links heart and kidney function, and they are reshaped by metabolic inputs and nutrients in conditions such as diabetes. Electrical signaling, mediated by changes in membrane potential, allows rapid coordination in excitable tissues. Dysregulated cell communication contributes to cancer, inflammatory disease, and metabolic disorders, making signaling networks important targets in drug discovery and disease modeling. Viewed through a biosemiotic lens, intercellular communication is studied as a fundamental form of biological information transfer, in which molecular signs convey meaning that organizes the behavior of living systems.

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5 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2014

Bioinformatics of Metabolomics in Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Ahmad Sliem HamdyCorresponding author
Biochemistry and internal Medicine*, Basic oral and medical sciences, College of dentistry, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
Bioinformatics And Diabetes Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2374-9431.jbd-13-212

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