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Modulation of Junctional Permeability

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Cell-to-Cell Communication

Abstract

Cell-to-cell coupling through low-resistance junctions represents a very old mechanism of intercellular communication. In sponges and medusae, for instance, without nervous tissue, the epithelia receive external stimuli and convert them into electrical pulses that are conducted in all directions through low-resistance junctions (Mackie, 1964).

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De Mello, W.C. (1987). Modulation of Junctional Permeability. In: De Mello, W.C. (eds) Cell-to-Cell Communication. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1917-7_2

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