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  2. Schwann cell - Wikipedia

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    Schwann cells or neurolemmocytes (named after German physiologist Theodor Schwann) are the principal glia of the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Glial cells function to support neurons and in the PNS, also include satellite cells, olfactory ensheathing cells, enteric glia and glia that reside at sensory nerve endings, such as the Pacinian corpuscle.

  3. Wound healing assay - Wikipedia

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    Wound healing assay. Scratch wound healing assay experiment of rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer cell line. A wound healing assay is a laboratory technique used to study cell migration and cellcell interaction. This is also called a scratch assay because it is done by making a scratch on a cell monolayer and capturing images at regular intervals by ...

  4. Cell migration - Wikipedia

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    Cell migration. Cell migration is a central process in the development and maintenance of multicellular organisms. Tissue formation during embryonic development, wound healing and immune responses all require the orchestrated movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations. Cells often migrate in response to specific external ...

  5. Chemotaxis - Wikipedia

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    Migration of cells is free toward and away on the axis of the concentration gradient; Detected responses are the results of active migration of cells; Despite the fact that an ideal chemotaxis assay is still not available, there are several protocols and pieces of equipment that offer good correspondence with the conditions described above. The ...

  6. Collective cell migration - Wikipedia

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    Collective cell migration is an essential process in the lives of multicellular organisms, e.g. embryonic development, wound healing and cancer spreading (metastasis). [1] Cells can migrate as a cohesive group (e.g. epithelial cells) or have transient cell-cell adhesion sites (e.g. mesenchymal cells). [2] They can also migrate in different ...

  7. Theodor Schwann - Wikipedia

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    Theodor Schwann (German pronunciation: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈʃvan]; [ 1 ][ 2 ] 7 December 1810 – 11 January 1882) was a German physician and physiologist. [ 3 ] His most significant contribution to biology is considered to be the extension of cell theory to animals. Other contributions include the discovery of Schwann cells in the peripheral ...

  8. Dedifferentiation - Wikipedia

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    Dedifferentiation (pronounced dē-ˌdi-fə-ˌren-chē-ˈā-shən) is a transient process by which cells become less specialized and return to an earlier cell state within the same lineage. [ 1 ] This suggests an increase in cell potency, meaning that, following dedifferentiation, a cell may possess the ability to re-differentiate into more cell ...

  9. Cell theory - Wikipedia

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    1. All living organisms are composed of one or more cells. 2. The cell is the most basic unit of life. Schleiden's theory of free cell formation through crystallization was refuted in the 1850s by Robert Remak, Rudolf Virchow, and Albert Kolliker. [ 5 ] In 1855, Rudolf Virchow added the third tenet to cell theory.