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Cellular Network Control

Meaning

Cellular Network Control is the master regulatory process encompassing all communication and coordination among individual cells within a tissue or organ system, ensuring unified and appropriate collective behavior. This control is orchestrated by a complex array of paracrine, autocrine, and juxtacrine signals that dictate cellular proliferation, differentiation, migration, and apoptosis. Effective network control is essential for tissue repair, immune surveillance, and preventing the disorganized growth characteristic of malignancy. A failure in this control leads to systemic dysfunction and loss of tissue integrity over time.