Cell Communication

"Cell Communication" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Any of several ways in which living cells of an organism communicate with one another, whether by direct contact between cells or by means of chemical signals carried by neurotransmitter substances, hormones, and cyclic AMP.

Descriptor ID	D002450
MeSH Number(s)	G04.085
Concept/Terms	Cell Communication Cell Communication Cell Communications Communication, Cell Communications, Cell Cell Interaction Cell Interactions Interaction, Cell Interactions, Cell Cell-to-Cell Interaction Cell to Cell Interaction Cell-to-Cell Interactions Interaction, Cell-to-Cell Interactions, Cell-to-Cell

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Biological Sciences [G]
Cell Physiological Phenomena [G04]
Cell Communication [G04.085]

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Bar chart showing 97 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1998	1	1	2
1999	0	2	2
2000	0	2	2
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	4	4
2005	1	3	4
2006	1	1	2
2007	1	2	3
2008	2	2	4
2009	1	2	3
2010	1	6	7
2011	2	5	7
2012	4	5	9
2013	2	4	6
2014	2	4	6
2015	1	2	3
2016	1	3	4
2017	0	1	1
2019	2	4	6
2020	0	5	5
2021	0	5	5
2022	0	2	2
2024	2	2	4
2025	1	2	3
2026	1	0	1

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Guo C, Lan X, Huang C, Wang X, Zhang D, Zeng L, Wang Q, Xiang Y, Li J. Muscle-specific transcriptomic and metabolomic signatures reveal heterogeneous aging trajectories and altered intercellular communication in male murine skeletal muscle. Biogerontology. 2026 Feb 05; 27(2):48.

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Mortensen R, Arlehamn CSL, Coler RN, Gerner MY, Goletti D, Lewinsohn DA, Modlin RL, Musvosvi M, Rengarajan J, Urdahl KB, Walzl G, Behar SM, Barber DL. T cell-macrophage interactions in tuberculosis: What we've got here is failure to communicate. J Intern Med. 2026 Jan; 299(1):44-65.

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Faust TE, Lee YH, O'Connor CD, Boyle MA, Gunner G, Dur?n-Laforet V, Ferrari LL, Murphy RE, Badimon A, Sakers K, Eroglu C, Ayata P, Schaefer A, Schafer DP. Microglia-astrocyte crosstalk regulates synapse remodeling via Wnt signaling. Cell. 2025 Sep 18; 188(19):5212-5230.e21.

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Sarasa-Buis?n C, Nieves-Mori?n M, Lindblad P, Nierzwicki-Bauer S, Schluepmann H, Flores E. Intercellular communication in the fern endosymbiotic cyanobacterium Nostoc azollae. mBio. 2025 Sep 10; 16(9):e0118725.

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Polonsky M, Gerhardt LMS, Yun J, Koppitch K, Col?n KL, Amrhein H, Wold B, Zheng S, Yuan GC, Thomson M, Cai L, McMahon AP. Spatial transcriptomics defines injury specific microenvironments and cellular interactions in kidney regeneration and disease. Nat Commun. 2024 09 05; 15(1):7010.

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Scheiblich H, Eikens F, Wischhof L, Opitz S, J?ngling K, Cser?p C, Schmidt SV, Lambertz J, Bellande T, P?sfai B, Geck C, Spitzer J, Odainic A, Castro-Gomez S, Schwartz S, Boussaad I, Kr?ger R, Glaab E, Di Monte DA, Bano D, D?nes ?, Latz E, Melki R, Pape HC, Heneka MT. Microglia rescue neurons from aggregate-induced neuronal dysfunction and death through tunneling nanotubes. Neuron. 2024 Sep 25; 112(18):3106-3125.e8.

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Babuta M, Nagesh PT, Datta AA, Remotti V, Zhuang Y, Mehta J, Lami F, Wang Y, Szabo G. Combined Insults of a MASH Diet and Alcohol Binges Activate Intercellular Communication and Neutrophil Recruitment via the NLRP3-IL-1? Axis in the Liver. Cells. 2024 06 01; 13(11).

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Budinger D, Baker V, Heneka MT. Tunneling Nanotubes in the Brain. Results Probl Cell Differ. 2024; 73:203-227.

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Konkimalla A, Konishi S, Macadlo L, Kobayashi Y, Farino ZJ, Miyashita N, El Haddad L, Morowitz J, Barkauskas CE, Agarwal P, Souma T, ElMallah MK, Tata A, Tata PR. Transitional cell states sculpt tissue topology during lung regeneration. Cell Stem Cell. 2023 11 02; 30(11):1486-1502.e9.

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Jebeli M, Lopez SK, Goldblatt ZE, McCollum D, Mana-Capelli S, Wen Q, Billiar K. Multicellular aligned bands disrupt global collective cell behavior. Acta Biomater. 2023 06; 163:117-130.

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