Cells as state machines: Cell behavior patterns arise during capillary formation as a function of BDNF and VEGF

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 326, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-57

  Long, Byron L ^a   Rekhi, Rahul ^a   Abrego, Amada ^a   Jung, Jiwon ^a   Qutub, Amina A ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Angiogenesis; Capillary phenotypes; Endothelial cell patterning

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CELL ORGANELLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ASSAY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CAPILLARIES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84876125744     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.11.030     Document Type: Article

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