Direct Cell-Cell Communication via Membrane Pores, Gap Junction Channels, and Tunneling Nanotubes: Medical Relevance of Mitochondrial Exchange

The history of direct cell-cell communication has evolved in several small steps. First discovered in the 1930s in invertebrate nervous systems, it was thought at first to be an exception to the “cell theory”, restricted to invertebrates. Surprisingly, however, in the 1950s, electrical cell-cell com...

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Main Authors: Eliseo Eugenin, Enrico Camporesi, Camillo Peracchia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-05-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/11/6133