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MeSH Heading: Cell Communication
Tree Number(s): G04.085
Unique ID: D002450
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002450
Annotation: not for micro-organisms
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Cell Interaction; Cell-to-Cell Interaction
Previous Indexing: Intercellular Junctions (1970-1977)
See Also: Intercellular Junctions; Second Messenger Systems; Signal Transduction
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/05/16
Revision Date: 2016/01/15

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Cell Communication MeSH Descriptor Data 2025