What Is Cell-Matrix Interaction?
Matrix is a jelly-like element present in the cells. Mainly they are situated outside of any cells. Matrix is an element that is present only in the higher class organisms. Mainly, all vertebrates have Matrix in their cell surroundings. They are not in liquid format. Rather, it can be identified as a pulpy-like element. This element helps to make a collaboration of the cells. All the cells in the body are present in a collaborative format. This element is present in between every cell. That is why; the cells can reduce the frictional disturbance in between such cell combinations.
Every cell can interact with each other using the Cell Signaling process. This means, one cell can send necessary signals to other cells for any particular reason. Like, some cells need a particular product for their survival. That product needs to be getting from a neighboring cell. The same interaction process is done between a cell & the matrix around it. Matrix is not only a jelly-like structure. Rather, it is a pool of proteins. Time by time, a cell needs to access the proteins that are inside of the Matrix. Or sometimes, a foreign element needs to be entered into the cell via Matrix. So, at that time, a Cell- Matrix Interaction process will help a lot to manage it.
Cell-to-Matrix Interaction
The human body might seem like a strange structure. There are a lot of organs & components present in the human body. But those are not the complete background of the human body. There are several tiny elements are present in the body that helps to provide a body structure. There are millions of millions such elements present in each body. All these elements together build the overall structure of the body. Those are known as the Cells. Cells are the microscopic elements are present in the body. Millions of cells altogether define any organ. Cells communicate with each other by signaling process. But there is also another process by which cells can communicate with their surrounding environment. This communication is often termed interaction.