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Cells in the diverse organs and when grown in culture can communicate with each other by several means such as gap junctions (cf. Fig. 84) and chemical synapses (cf. Fig. 158). A novel type of cell-cell communication was discovered, which is represented by tunneling nanotubes (TNT).
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Pavelka, M., Roth, J. (2010). Tunneling Nanotubes. In: Functional Ultrastructure. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99390-3_89
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