Multi-scale modelling of the dynamics of cell colonies: Insights into cell-adhesion forces and cancer invasion from in silico simulations

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 103, 2015, Pages

  Schlüter, Daniela K ^c   Ramis Conde, Ignacio ^b   Chaplain, Mark A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell population modelling; Cell adhesion forces; E cadherin; Individual based modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; DISEASES; TISSUE;

BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CELL ADHESION FORCE; CELL POPULATIONS; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; E-CADHERINS; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELLING; MULTI-SCALE MODELLING; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

CYTOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL INVASION; CELL KINETICS; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; HUMAN; TUMOR INVASION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY;

TUMOR PROTEIN;

CELL ADHESION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 85005790455     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.1080     Document Type: Article

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