ReviewFrontiers in molecular biosciences2021
Controlling Synthetic Cell-Cell Communication.
Review in Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.
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27 citing papers in PubMed.
- Organization and Triggered Release of Liposomes with DNA-Based Synthetic Condensates.ACS nano · 2026Article
- Bottom-Up Coacervate-Based Artificial Cells: Integrating Cellular Hallmarks into Complex Life-Like Systems.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Review
- RNA-Based Communication in Heterogeneous Populations of Cell Mimics.ACS synthetic biology · 2026Article
- Assembling Lipid Membrane Scaffolds on Microgel-Based Artificial Cells through Vesicle Fusion onto the Hydrogel Network.ACS nano · 2026Article
- Light-controlled synthetic communication networks via paired connexon nanopores.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Magnetic activation of spherical nucleic acids enables the remote control of synthetic cells.Nature chemistry · 2025Article
- Strategies and applications of synthetic cell communication.Nature chemical biology · 2025Review
- Spatiotemporal Control Over Protein Release from Artificial Cells via a Light-Activatable Protease.Advanced biology · 2025Article
- Cell-Free Gene Expression: Methods and Applications.Chemical reviews · 2025Review
- Light-Based Juxtacrine Signaling Between Synthetic Cells.Small science · 2025Article
- Photoreceptor-Like Signal Transduction Between Polymer-Based Protocells.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Article
- Competitive protein recruitment in artificial cells.Communications chemistry · 2024Article
- Synthetic Cells Revisited: Artificial Cells Construction Using Polymeric Building Blocks.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- Artificial cells eavesdropping on HepG2 cells.Interface focus · 2023Article
- On biochemical constructors and synthetic cells.Interface focus · 2023Article
- Engineering cellular communication between light-activated synthetic cells and bacteria.Nature chemical biology · 2023Article
- Building light-activated synthetic cells that induce gene expression in bacteria via quorum sensing.Nature chemical biology · 2023Article
- A Synthetic Signaling Network Imitating the Action of Immune Cells in Response to Bacterial Metabolism.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2023Article
- Orthogonal Light-Activated DNA for Patterned Biocomputing within Synthetic Cells.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2023Article
- Precise, Orthogonal Remote-Control of Cell-Free Systems Using Photocaged Nucleic Acids.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2023Article
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Abstract
Synthetic cells, which mimic cellular function within a minimal compartment, are finding wide application, for instance in studying cellular communication and as delivery devices to living cells. However, to fully realise the potential of synthetic cells, control of their function is vital. An array of tools has already been developed to control the communication of synthetic cells to neighbouring synthetic cells or living cells. These tools use either chemical inputs, such as small molecules, or physical inputs, such as light. Here, we examine these current methods of controlling synthetic cell communication and consider alternative mechanisms for future use.
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