The effects of cell compressibility, motility and contact inhibition on the growth of tumor cell clusters using the Cellular Potts Model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 343, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-91

  Li, Jonathan F ^a,b   Lowengrub, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fitness; Cell cell interactions; Cellular Potts Model; Computational method; Tumor growth

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; COMPRESSIBILITY; INHIBITION; MOTILITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; PHENOTYPE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STIFFNESS; TUMOR;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPRESSIBILITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR POTTS MODEL; CONTACT INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL CLUSTER; TUMOR GROWTH;

CELL FITNESS; CELL-CELL INTERACTIONS; CELLULAR POTTS MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL METHOD; TUMOR GROWTH;

CELL AGGREGATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CONTACT INHIBITION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; NEUROBLASTOMA;

EID: 84890244142     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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