The concept of space and competition in immune regulation

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Regulation of cell numbers and organ size in multicellular organisms is an important principle in biology. Experimental data in developmental biology indicate that there are mechanisms by which organs sense their total mass, linked to the regulation of cell size and proliferation, but not solely determined by either.1,2 Active monitoring of organ size is suggested by regeneration experiments following removal of...

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