A numerical model for durotaxis

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-158

  Stefanoni, Filippo ^a   Ventre, Maurizio ^b,c   Mollica, Francesco ^a   Netti, Paolo A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Finite Element Method; Langevin equation; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOTION; CELL ORGANELLE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUROTAXIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LANGEVIN EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

CELL MOVEMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79957523159     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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