Thiede C Author
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Affiliation
Embryogenesis, Tumorigenesis, Bioelectricity, Wound healing
Department of Internal Medicine I. University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstra
Thiede C was working at Department of Internal Medicine I. University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstraße 74. 01307 Dresden, Germany. He has more than 40 publications. His current research area related to osteoarthropathy.
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Author(s): Richard HW Funk and Thiede C
Ion Gradients and Electric Fields-An Intrinsic Part of Biological Processes
This review focuses on membrane potentials as well as ion gradients and electric fields that drive cell and tissue behavior - basic biological mechanisms that are also involved in tumorigenesis and the development of cancer. Electric fields arise from the segregation of charges by special molecular machines situated within the plasma membrane of the cell. These molecular machines create patterns of ion gradients that direct many processes in cells, tissues and even organs. Also larger biomolecules such as tissue factors, growth hormones, transmitters and signaling molecules have intrinsic electrical charg... view moreĀ»