Inflammation

Tissue response to infection or damage which serves to eliminate

Classic signs of acute inflammation are heat (calore), pain (dolore), redness (rubor), swelling (tumor), and loss of function (functio laesa).

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Once all proteins are functioning, a few starving cells start to emit cAMP pulses.

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Chemotaxis of Dictyostelium myxamoebae is a result of spiral waves of cAMP.

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Neighboring cells respond to cAMP in two ways:

Initiate a movement toward the cAMP pulse for about a minute

Release cAMP of their own

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The top of the mound continues to emit cAMP pulses and is pushed upwards by the movement of cells underneath

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The emerging column of cells topples over called ‘the slug’.

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Slug migrates to the top layer of the soil, where it proceeds to build the fruiting structure.