Talk:Cell signaling

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Duplicate articles on cell signaling/communication

Ever since JWSchmidt proposed merging several overlapping articles in 2006, a couple more articles have cropped up. One is Cell communication (biology), which was started in 2015 and claims to limit its scope to communication between cells within a multicellular organism, which is rather dubious, since the term is much more broadly used than that. Another one is Cellular communication (biology), which was initially a stub in 2007. A merge tag has been added in 2020 to suggest that cellular communication be be merged into Cell communication (biology). Incidentally, Cell communication is a redirect to this page. I recommend reconsolidating all of these articles into this article. Cell signaling appears to be more widely used (9,110,000 results on Google and 2,000,000 on Google Scholar) than cell communication (2,420,000 results on Google and 317,000 on Google Scholar) danielkueh (talk) 20:29, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support. I think that since these include some clear WP:FORKs as well as dubious distinctions, you should feel free to go ahead WP:BOLDly and create a clear and straightforward structure that presents the science as plainly as possible. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:42, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, will do so. danielkueh (talk)

@Chiswick Chap: Done. That said, there needs to be some cleanup for sure. danielkueh (talk) 21:45, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Well, we can tag it for copy-editing and suchlike, and I can look for obvious overlaps, but if you need an expert mind on the job then maybe Evolution and evolvability might give it a once-over ... Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:17, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

I have to admit, cell signalling is probably my weakest area of biochemistry! I've emailed a couple of people with better knowledge than me to ask if they'll give some feedback on the actual substance. The overall merge of cell signaling and cell communication seems logical though as the distinction was neither clear nor consistently used! It might perhaps benefit from greater clarity on which types of cell signalling are found in which organisms (I'm thinking of the quorum sensing mechanisms of some prokaryotes and some of the plant-specific signalling pathways like Ethylene). There's also a 2019 review doi:10.3390/ijms20133292 that give a good overview (and fig 1 is particularly useful). T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 11:02, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

That's great. I'll have a go at adding a bit on quorum sensing. Another thing is the long list of (clearly) related topics at "See also". I suspect many of these should be integrated into the article so that the major signalling pathways are at least mentioned and linked in the text. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:44, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Whatever you guys think is appropriate, please feel free to make the necessary changes. I made some major cuts after the merge just to clean the slate a little and keep the article a little more focused. It can re-expand for sure. Thanks for your help! danielkueh (talk) 12:56, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Not my area really, but as several of the pathways are in fact in the text, I've ripped them out of the See also list. I think the lead section may need some work to cover the merged items; and per Tom Shafee above, the discussion needs to be extended to cover other groups of organisms, as it's quite animal/vertebrate/human-focused at the moment. As a top-level article its job is to indicate the breadth of the field; subsidiary articles can then focus on the many different details. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:04, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Sound like a plan. So far, I've been relying on Alberts et al. (2017) Molecular Biology of the Cell [1] and Lodish et al. (2008-2021) Molecular Cell Biology [2] as guides. Alberts does cover plant signaling at the end, and we can add (re add) it for sure as well as other organisms (bacteria, etc). Certainly open to other sources and expanding the scope of this article. danielkueh (talk) 13:33, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

@Evolution and evolvability: Thanks for the review article. I just took a look. Love the figures. Organization of the topics are somewhat similar, albeit in much greater detail. So at least we're on the right path. Overall, very helpful. danielkueh (talk) 15:39, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Excellent, it's coming together nicely. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:55, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

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Forms of cell signaling / gasocrine signaling

• Specific text to be added or removed: Cell signaling that occurs via the binding of gaseous signaling molecules or gasotransmitters ligands with gasoreceptors are termed as gasocrine signaling. The gasoreceptor for NO is soluble guanylyl cyclase. Gasocrine signaling due to ethylene via ethylene gasoreceptors promotes fruit ripening.

• Reason for the change: Gasocrine signaling is a new scientific term that specific for signaling mediated via gasotransmitter/gaseous signaling molecule/volatile organic compounds and gasoreceptors. Gasoreceptor is not a fictional or hypothetical term. I request the content moderator to read the scientific arguments in the manuscript here: https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00004.2024.
• References supporting change: The term gasoreceptor and gasocrine signaling is published in American Physiological Society journal. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00004.2024.

Zebrafishgroup (talk) 13:42, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

 Not done - The concepts of gasoreceptors and gasocrine signaling are personal interpretations by Zebrafishgroup, WP:OR, and are not supported by any WP:SCIRS reviews. Draft articles prepared by Zebrafishgroup on these topics have been rejected by administrators. Zefr (talk) 19:28, 22 January 2024 (UTC)