ReviewEMBO reports2012
Fellow travellers: emergent properties of collective cell migration.
Review in EMBO reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 103 papers.
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103 citing papers in PubMed.
- CCL5 and GLUT1 define leader cells in collective invasion of colorectal cancer.The Journal of pathology · 2026Article
- Initiation of rotational collective migration inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Imaging-Guided Live Single-Cell Lipid Profiling of Leader and Follower Cells During Collective Migration of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Force coordination distinguishes epithelial and mesenchymal modes of collective chemotaxis.The Journal of cell biology · 2026Article
- Hsp40 co-chaperone Droj2 temporally regulates EcRA dynamics during collective cell migration.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Article
- Mechanosensitive dynamics of lysosomes along microtubules regulate leader cell emergence during collective cell migration.Nature communications · 2025Article
- The Coordinated Interplay Between MMP13 and Pro-Migratory MMPs in Collective Cell Migration of Zebrafish Keratocytes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Tissue geometry and mechanochemical feedback initiate rotational migration inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Dynamic Organization of Cells in Colonic Epithelium is Encoded by Five Biological Rules.Biology of the cell · 2025Article
- Peeking into the future: inferring mechanics in dynamical tissues.Biochemical Society transactions · 2024Review
- Microenvironmental entropy dynamics analysis reveals novel insights into Notch-Delta-Jagged decision-making mechanism.iScience · 2024Article
- Modeling the roles of cohesotaxis, cell-intercalation, and tissue geometry in collective cell migration of Xenopus mesendoderm.Biology open · 2024Article
- Spatiotemporal Insights into Glioma Oncostream Dynamics: Unraveling Formation, Stability, and Disassembly Pathways.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Fat2 polarizes Lar and Sema5c to coordinate the motility of collectively migrating epithelial cells.Journal of cell science · 2024Article
- Pterostilbene suppresses head and neck cancer cell proliferation via induction of apoptosis.Turkish journal of biology = Turk biyoloji dergisi · 2024Article
- Tumour follower cells: A novel driver of leader cells in collective invasion (Review).International journal of oncology · 2023Review
- Proteolytic activation of angiomotin by DDI2 promotes angiogenesis.The EMBO journal · 2023Article
- Coordinated linear and rotational movements of endothelial cells compartmentalized by VE-cadherin drive angiogenic sprouting.iScience · 2023Article
- Fat2 polarizes Lar and Sema5c to coordinate the motility of collectively migrating epithelial cells.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Collective rotational motion of freely expanding T84 epithelial cell colonies.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Article
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Abstract
Cells can migrate individually or collectively. Collective movement is common during normal development and is also a characteristic of some cancers. This review discusses recent insights into features that are unique to collective cell migration, as well as properties that emerge from these features. The first feature is that cells of the collective affect each other through adhesion, force-dependent and signalling interactions. The second feature is that cells of the collective differ from one another: leaders from followers, tip from stalk and front from back. These are dynamic differences that are important for directional movement. Last, an unexpected property is discussed: epithelial cells can rotate persistently in constrained spaces.
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