Physical models of collective cell migration

R Alert, X Trepat - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2020‏ - annualreviews.org
Collective cell migration is a key driver of embryonic development, wound healing, and
some types of cancer invasion. Here, we provide a physical perspective of the mechanisms …

Mechanobiology of collective cell behaviours

B Ladoux, RM Mège - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017‏ - nature.com
The way in which cells coordinate their behaviours during various biological processes,
including morphogenesis, cancer progression and tissue remodelling, largely depends on …

Ultra-strong bio-glue from genetically engineered polypeptides

C Ma, J Sun, B Li, Y Feng, Y Sun, L **ang, B Wu… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
The development of biomedical glues is an important, yet challenging task as seemingly
mutually exclusive properties need to be combined in one material, ie strong adhesion and …

Physics of microswimmers—single particle motion and collective behavior: a review

J Elgeti, RG Winkler, G Gompper - Reports on progress in …, 2015‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Locomotion and transport of microorganisms in fluids is an essential aspect of life. Search
for food, orientation toward light, spreading of off-spring, and the formation of colonies are …

Single and collective cell migration: the mechanics of adhesions

C De Pascalis, S Etienne-Manneville - Molecular biology of the cell, 2017‏ - molbiolcell.org
Chemical and physical properties of the environment control cell proliferation, differentiation,
or apoptosis in the long term. However, to be able to move and migrate through a complex …

Unjamming and cell shape in the asthmatic airway epithelium

JA Park, JH Kim, D Bi, JA Mitchel, NT Qazvini… - Nature materials, 2015‏ - nature.com
From coffee beans flowing in a chute to cells remodelling in a living tissue, a wide variety of
close-packed collective systems—both inert and living—have the potential to jam. The …

Physics of active jamming during collective cellular motion in a monolayer

S Garcia, E Hannezo, J Elgeti, JF Joanny… - Proceedings of the …, 2015‏ - pnas.org
Although collective cell motion plays an important role, for example during wound healing,
embryogenesis, or cancer progression, the fundamental rules governing this motion are still …

Active cell migration is critical for steady-state epithelial turnover in the gut

D Krndija, F El Marjou, B Guirao, S Richon, O Leroy… - Science, 2019‏ - science.org
Steady-state turnover is a hallmark of epithelial tissues throughout adult life. Intestinal
epithelial turnover is marked by continuous cell migration, which is assumed to be driven by …

Spontaneous shear flow in confined cellular nematics

G Duclos, C Blanch-Mercader, V Yashunsky… - Nature physics, 2018‏ - nature.com
In embryonic development or tumour evolution, cells often migrate collectively within
confining tracks defined by their microenvironment,. In some of these situations, the …

All roads lead to directional cell migration

A Shellard, R Mayor - Trends in cell biology, 2020‏ - cell.com
Directional cell migration normally relies on a variety of external signals, such as chemical,
mechanical, or electrical, which instruct cells in which direction to move. Many of the major …