Collective cell migration: Guidance principles and hierarchies

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 556-566

  Haeger, Anna ^a   Wolf, Katarina ^a   Zegers, Mirjam M ^a   Friedl, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Cancer Genomics Network Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective migration; Extracellular matrix; Guidance cues; Leader cells; Mechanocoupling; Signal integration

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL BODY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SHAPE; CHEMOTAXIS; COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLECTIVE CELL MIGRATION; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUID FLOW; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR;

EID: 84940467386     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2015.06.003     Document Type: Review

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