title: Signaling between cells attached to a surface.
abstract: We present a kinetic model allowing one to classify likely scenarios of protein-mediated communication between attached cells of two distinct types. In our treatment, messenger proteins, synthesized in type-1 cells, are considered to penetrate the external membrane of these cells, diffuse in the extracellular medium, associate with the receptors in the external membrane of cells of both types, and induce intracellular signal transduction cascades, influencing the development of cells. Protein degradation inside and outside cells is taken into account as well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, S-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden. zhdanov@catalysis.ru
authors.forename: Vladimir P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Zhdanov
authors.forename: Bengt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kasemo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals