Fine intercellular connections in development: TNTs, cytonemes, or intercellular bridges?
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SUBMITTER: Korenkova O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6997949 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
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Fine intercellular connections in development: TNTs, cytonemes, or intercellular bridges?
Korenkova Olga O Pepe Anna A Zurzolo Chiara C
Cell stress 20200107 2
Intercellular communication is a fundamental property of multicellular organisms, necessary for their adequate responses to changing environment. Tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) represent a novel means of intercellular communication being a long cell-to-cell conduit. TNTs are actively formed under a broad range of stresses and are also proposed to exist under physiological conditions. Development is a physiological condition of particular interest, as it requires fine coordination. Here we discuss wh ...[more]
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