Anti-social cells: Predicting the influence of E-cadherin loss on the growth of epithelial cell populations

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 425-440

  Walker, D C ^a   Georgopoulos, N T ^b   Southgate, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based computational model; E cadherin; Epithelial cells; Intercellular adhesion

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; UVOMORULIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODELING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CADHERINS; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 70450265454     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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