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the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"
a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication (同)contact_lens
the act of touching physically; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch" (同)physical contact
(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts" (同)tangency
close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings"
the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull" (同)impinging, striking
a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor" (同)middleman
a communicative interaction; "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues" (同)touch
(physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"
(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires (同)suppression
the quality of being inhibited

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〈U〉(体・物などの)(…との)『接触』,(…と)触れること《+『with』+『名』》 / 〈U〉(…との)『連絡』,接続《+『with』+『名』》 / 〈U〉〈C〉(…との)『つきあい』,関係,交際《+『with』+『名』》 / 〈C〉《話》縁故,つて / 〈U〉(電気の)接触,接続 / 〈C〉(患者と接触した)保菌容疑者 / …'を'接触させる,接続させる / 《話》…‘と'連絡する / 接触による
禁止; 抑制; （心理学で）抑制; （化学で）（反応の）阻害, 抑制

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Normal somatic cells when grown in culture will become growth inhibited when they encounter another cell. ^[1] The cells in our bodies are governed by growth control mechanisms and cellular senescence (aging). Cell aging puts a limit on the number of times a cell can divide: the more a cell has divided, the less likely it will be to divide again. Growth mechanisms are in place to stop or continue cell growth depending on the conditions.^[2] Contact inhibition is a growth mechanism. In most cases when two cells collide they attempt to move in a different direction to avoid future collisions.

Contact Inhibition of Growth

Contact inhibition is a growth mechanism, designed to keep cells growing into a layer one cell thick: a monolayer. If a cell has plenty of free space, it replicates rapidly and moves freely. This process keeps happening until the cells have divided so many times there is no longer any room in the layer for them to replicate. At this point, normal cells will stop replicating.

Cancerous Cells

Cancerous cells typically lose this property and thus grow in an uncontrolled manner even when in contact with neighbouring cells. They aren't motivated to change direction upon contact, so they pile up and grow over each other. Cells of naked mole rats, a species in which cancer has never been observed, show hypersensitivity to contact inhibition.^[3]^[4]

Contact Inhibition of Locomotion

In most cases, when two cells collide they attempt to move in a different direction to avoid future collisions. As replication increases the amount of cells, the number of directions those cells can move without touching another is decreased.^[5] As the two cells come into contact, their locomotive process is paralyzed. Cells will also attempt to move away from another cell because they stick better to the area around them, a structure called the substratum, than on other cells. When the two cells colliding are different types of cells, one or both may respond to the collision.^[6]

Some immortalised cell lines, despite being able to proliferate indefinitely, still experience contact inhibition, though generally to a lesser extent than normal cell lines.^[7]

References

^ Klug, Cummings, et al. Concepts of Genetics. 10th ed. San Francisco. Pearson. 2012. Print.
^ Dushek, Jennie, and Allen J. Tobin. Asking About Life. 1st ed. Belmont: Brooks/Cole-Thomson Learning, 2005. 161. eBook.
^ Seluanov A, Hine C, Azpurua J, Feigenson M, Bozzella M, Mao Z, Catania KC, Gorbunova V (2009). "Hypersensitivity to contact inhibition provides a clue to cancer resistance of naked mole-rat". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106 (46): 19352–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.0905252106. PMC 2780760. PMID 19858485.
^ Amato, Ivan (7 March 2011). "Researchers try to understand naked mole rats' resistance to cancer". The Washington Post.
^ Weiser, R.J.; Doris Renauer (1985). Involvement of plasma membrane glycoproteins in the contact-dependent inhibition of growth of human fibroblasts. pp. 158, 493–499. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ Lackie, John M. The Dictionary of Cell & Molecular Biology, Third Edition. Academic Press.
^ Abercrombie, M. (27 September 1979). "Contact inhibition and malignancy". Nature 281 (5729): 259–262. doi:10.1038/281259a0. Retrieved 1 February 2013.

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