Intercellular Communication and Cancer
Did you know that cells communicate with each other to regulate their growth and division? In this interactive, you’ll explore how external signals regulate the cell cycle and discover how disruptions in intercellular signaling can lead to cancer.
Topics
- AP
- AP Biology
- AP Bio
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- cell signaling
- external signaling
- external factors
- external signal
- internal signal
- cell division
- tumor formation
- checkpoint
- cell cycle
- cell control
- intracellular
- intercellular
- growth factor
- contact inhibition
- density-dependent inhibition
- epidermal growth factor
- EGF
- E-cadherin
- disruption
- disrupted signaling
- tissue homeostasis
- regulation