Epithelial to mesenchymal transition-The roles of cell morphology, labile adhesion and junctional coupling

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 435-446

  Abdulla, Tariq ^a   Luna Zurita, Luis ^b   de la Pompa, José Luis ^b   Schleich, Jean Marc ^c   Summers, Ron ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Development; Modelling; Motility; Notch; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CELL-MATRIX ADHESION; CELLULAR POTTS MODELS; DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL TO MESENCHYMAL TRANSITIONS; FUNCTIONAL CHANGES; MOTILITY; NOTCH;

CELL ADHESION; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTICITY;

CELL SIGNALING;

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN GEL; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOCARDIUM; ENTROPY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART VALVE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; METASTASIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; WILD TYPE;

CADHERIN; DEVELOPMENT; MODELLING; MOTILITY; NOTCH; PLASTICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOCARDIUM; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MCF-7 CELLS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84880045089     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.05.018     Document Type: Article

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