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A Barter Economy in Tumors: Exchanging Metabolites through Gap Junctions

To produce physiological functions, many tissues require their cells to be connected by gap junctions. Such diffusive coupling is important in establishing a cytoplasmic syncytium through which cells can exchange signals, substrates and metabolites. Often the benefits of connectivity become apparent...

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Autores principales: Swietach, Pawel, Monterisi, Stefania
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6356692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30669506
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers11010117