Tunneling Nanotubes and Gap Junctions–Their Role in Long-Range Intercellular Communication during Development, Health, and Disease Conditions

• Published in: Frontiers in molecular neuroscience Vol. 10; p. 333
• Main Authors: Ariazi, Jennifer, Benowitz, Andrew, De Biasi, Vern, Den Boer, Monique L., Cherqui, Stephanie, Cui, Haifeng, Douillet, Nathalie, Eugenin, Eliseo A., Favre, David, Goodman, Spencer, Gousset, Karine, Hanein, Dorit, Israel, David I., Kimura, Shunsuke, Kirkpatrick, Robert B., Kuhn, Nastaran, Jeong, Claire, Lou, Emil, Mailliard, Robbie, Maio, Stephen, Okafo, George, Osswald, Matthias, Pasquier, Jennifer, Polak, Roel, Pradel, Gabriele, de Rooij, Bob, Schaeffer, Peter, Skeberdis, Vytenis A., Smith, Ian F., Tanveer, Ahmad, Volkmann, Niels, Wu, Zhenhua, Zurzolo, Chiara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 17.10.2017; Frontiers Media; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Age; Alzheimer; Biology; Cancer; Cell interactions; Cell signaling; Chemokines; Communication; Communications systems; Cytokines; Dendritic cells; Disease; Electrical stimuli; Exosomes; Gap junctions; Growth factors; Infections; inflammation; Laboratories; Life Sciences; Medical research; Nanotubes; Neuroscience; Neurosciences; Neurotransmitters; Oncology; Organelles; Pediatrics; reactivation; Social research; La Jolla California; California; United States > US; Qatar; New Jersey; Germany; gap junctions; reactivation; cancer; inflammation; Alzheimer

Cell-to-cell communication is essential for the organization, coordination, and development of cellular networks and multi-cellular systems. Intercellular communication is mediated by soluble factors (including growth factors, neurotransmitters, and cytokines/chemokines), gap junctions, exosomes and...