as well as between these cells and the extracellular matrix. These signaling pathways are critical to maintaining the state of equilibrium known as homeostasis within a tissue. For example ...

Of course, external signals from neighboring cells or from the extracellular matrix are also important influences on the arrangement of cells in a tissue. Without cell division, long-term tissue ...

“If I finely grind the nuts, I'm breaking the cell walls and the fat bursts out. But when you consume the whole nuts, the matrix keeps the fat within the cell wall, which is not easily digestible.

AMIGO defines a novel gene family with three closely related members (AMIGO, AMIGO 2, and AMIGO 3) that belong to both LRR (leucine-rich repeat) and Ig (immunoglobulin) superfamilies of cell surface .