Role of Cell Adhesion Molecules in Medical Laboratory Diagnosis

Cell adhesion is a fascinating process. It plays a key role in many situations of biological and medical interest. It is probably the best cell function to be considered for biophysical modeling from the micrometer to the molecular level. Studying the biophysical aspects of cell adhesion leads to face many important problems of physics and physical chemistry as well as cell physiology. Perturbation of this process leads to the disruption of homeostasis and dysontogenesis. Perturbation of cell-cell adhesion can also be a cause of disease.