Circulatory System: Double Edged Sword
In our bodies we use our circulatory system to transport blood cells throughout our body. Our vessels reach almost every aspect of our bodies. This is important. Oxygen is the lifeline of our bodies, so it is important for our body to have a method of distributing it to all our cells in a quick […]
Calcium Ions: The Unexpected Key in Cell Communication
In my previous paper I was intrigued that a certain component kept showing up in the papers I was researching. Calcium ions showed up numerous times and I had no idea how they played such an important role in a complicated process as cell communication. It honestly never occurred to me that cell communication could […]
Notch Signaling: Developmental Regulation
As discussed before, Notch signaling is a form of cell communication that is a direct cell-to-cell interaction. It is the start of a signaling pathway in which from the outer membrane of a cell, a messenger is sent from one cell to the other’s nucleus area so that it can regulate a certain gene expression. […]
Gap Junctions: The complex bridge of the body
Gap junctions are a crucial component of cell to cell communication that connects cells and can transport a multitude of products. They can be found in all different types of body cells and assist with a variety of functions Gap junctions have been found to be present in a variety of bone cells (Doty, 1981). […]
Finding their way home: Different ways that cell messengers reach their destination
Cell communication contains various methods in order for its messengers to reach their target cells for both eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms. In bacterial cells, we know that they use quorum sensing (QS) as a form of cell communication. This method of communication mirrors how hormones are used in eukaryotic cells. A strand of E. Coli […]
Viral Effects on our Immune System
Viruses have the capability to take advantage of our own immune system and use our own cells to produce copies of itself. In this sense, viruses can be extremely deadly to the cells and eventually even lethal to the organism itself. They infiltrate cells by the receptors on their outer protein code and bind to […]
The Bridge between RNA and Protein- Translation and Protein Synthesis
Protein synthesis is a complicated process starting from the transcribing of mRNA from DNA, to the translation of mRNA into the peptide bond-chains. In Prokaryotes this process of transcription and translation can actually occur simultaneously, but in Eukaryotes they occur separately in different areas of the cell. In the figure we can see a visual […]
Calcium Ions: the Unexpected Key in Cellular Communication
In my previous paper I was intrigued that a certain component kept showing up in the papers I was researching. Calcium ions showed up numerous times and I had no idea how they played such an important role in a complicated process as cell communication. It honestly never occurred to me that cell communication could […]
Cell Communication: The Different Players and Methods
Even when we are doing something as simple as sitting, our body is not quite. It is still carrying multiple processes simultaneously. Our body never simply does one thing. There are so many interactions within a cellular level that constitutes our body as we live and breathe. Cellular communication is one of the most complex […]
