The image is a photograph of a vinaigrette. (IMAGE)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association

The image is a photograph of a vinaigrette.

Caption

The oil droplets symbolize the pop-up factories (RAINs). Depending on the signal strength, RAINs can assume different sizes and also fuse to then trigger global cell responses.

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Lisa Maria Martin, Charlotte Kayser, MDC

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