1. Phase-field model for collective cell migration.
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Najem, Sara and Grant, Martin
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CELL migration , *LANDAU theory , *FREE energy (Thermodynamics) , *SURFACE tension measurement , *CELL morphology - Abstract
We construct a phase-field model for collective cell migration based on a Ginzburg-Landau free-energy formulation. We model adhesion, surface tension, repulsion, coattraction, and polarization, enabling us to follow the cells' morphologies and the effect of their membranes fluctuations on collective motion. We were able to measure the tissue surface tension as a function of the individual cell cortical tension and adhesion and identify a density threshold for cell-sheet formation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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