tissue

Also known as tissues, biological tissue

cellular organizational level intermediate between cells and a complete organism; cells that are grouped together with a common function

AI overview

Tissue is a group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific function in your body. It's an important level of organization that sits between individual cells and complete organs or organ systems.

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Research

4,548,940 papers

Inflammation and metabolism in tissue repair and regeneration.ReviewScience (New York, N.Y.) · 2017Eming SA, Wynn TA, Martin PDOI: 10.1126/science.aam7928
Health of adipose tissue: oestrogen matters.ReviewNature reviews. Endocrinology · 2026Vieira-Potter VJ, Mishra G, Townsend KLDOI: 10.1038/s41574-025-01180-2
Periodontal granulation tissue - To remove or not to remove, that is the question.ReviewJournal of periodontal research · 2024Sam YH, Nibali L, Ghuman MDOI: 10.1111/jre.13261
Adipose tissue dysfunction disrupts metabolic homeostasis: mechanisms linking fat dysregulation to disease.ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology · 2025Bou Matar D, Zhra M, Nassar WK et al.DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1592683
Recent developments in adipose tissue-secreted factors and their target organs.ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development · 2023Navarro-Perez J, Vidal-Puig A, Carobbio SDOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2023.102046
Bone tissue: composition and function.ReviewThe Johns Hopkins medical journal · 1979Robinson RA
The Role of Zinc in Bone Tissue Health and Regeneration-a Review.ReviewBiological trace element research · 2023Molenda M, Kolmas JDOI: 10.1007/s12011-023-03631-1
Adipose tissue changes in obesity.ReviewBiochemical Society transactions · 2005Coppack SWDOI: 10.1042/BST0331049

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Wikidata facts

Part of: organ
Image: Peripheral nerve, cross section.jpg
Has parts of class: Flownet

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topic's main category: Category:Tissues (biology)
Commons category: Biological tissues
development of anatomical structure: tissue development
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
topic has template: Template:Biological tissues
studied by: histology

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Encyclopedic overview

Microscopic view of a histologic specimen of human lung, consisting of various tissues: blood, connective tissue, vascular endothelium and respiratory epithelium, stained with hematoxylin and eosin.

In biology, tissue is an assembly of similar cells and their extracellular matrix from the same embryonic origin that together carry out a specific function. Tissues occupy a biological organizational level between cells and a complete organ. Accordingly, organs are formed by the functional grouping together of multiple tissues.

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