INTERCELLULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intercellular mean? 

• INTERCELLULAR (adjective)
  The adjective INTERCELLULAR has 1 sense:

1. located between cells

  Familiarity information: INTERCELLULAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERCELLULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Located between cells

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Pertainym:

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

 Context examples 

Accumulation of an excessive amount of fluid in cells or intercellular tissues.

(Edema, NCI Thesaurus)

A WHO grade I meningioma characterized by the presence of intercellular microcystic spaces that contain mucinous fluid.

(Microcystic Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in cell proliferation, cytoskeletal modeling and intercellular communication.

(MPP1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes dickkopf-related protein 3, is involved in the modulation of both morphogenesis and intercellular communication.

(DKK3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Cell-cell adherens junctions (AJs), the most common type of intercellular adhesions, are important for maintaining tissue architecture and cell polarity and can limit cell movement and proliferation.

(Adherens Junction Assembly Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

This gene is involved in DNA repair, intercellular communication and signal transduction.

(CSNK2A1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

MAGUKs interact with the cytoskeleton and regulate cell proliferation, signaling pathways, and intercellular junctions.

(Palmitoylated Membrane Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also involved in intercellular signaling.

(PDGFA Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in cytoskeletal modeling, cell proliferation and intercellular communication.

(MPP2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in cytoskeletal modeling, intercellular communication and cell proliferation.

(MPP3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)