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Living tissues are composed of cells and of intercellular matrix. During phylogenesis procaryotes (bacteria) appeared first and they all must have lived as individual organisms. Only the appearance of intercellular matrix macromolecules at the level of the first pluricellular eukaryotes, the first metazoans, the sponges, enabled the association of cells in tissues, of tissues in organs and of organs in an organism. This integrative role is probably the main function of intercellular matrix without which such precise functional association of cells would be impossible. On the other hand, the “invention” of these intercellular matrix macromolecules, about 600 million years ago by the sponges enabled also the emergence of specific macroscopic forms in which these pluricellular organisms can appear. The variation of the quality and quantity of these intercellular matrix macromlecules rendered possible the phylogenetic evolution and the appearance of this multitude of forms in which pluricellular eukaryotic organisms occur. The differentiation of cells is closely related to the differentiation of the intercellular matrix.
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Robert, L., Moczar, M. (1983). Molecular Biology of Intercellular Matrix Macromolecules In Relation to the Cardiovascular System. In: Dintenfass, L., Julian, D.G., Seaman, G.V.F. (eds) Heart Perfusion, Energetics, and Ischemia. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series, vol 62. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0393-1_18
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