ArticlePhysical review letters2015
Flow-Driven Cell Migration under External Electric Fields.
Article in Physical review letters, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Physical principles and mechanisms of cell migration.npj biological physics and mechanics · 2025Review
- Confinement controls the directional cell responses to fluid forces.Cell reports · 2024Article
- Bioelectric stimulation controls tissue shape and size.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Electromechanical model for object roughness perception during finger sliding.Biophysical journal · 2022Article
- Polarized NHE1 and SWELL1 regulate migration direction, efficiency and metastasis.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Kidney epithelial cells are active mechano-biological fluid pumps.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Effective Force Generation During Mammalian Cell Migration Under Different Molecular and Physical Mechanisms.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Article
- Hydrogen, Bicarbonate, and Their Associated Exchangers in Cell Volume Regulation.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Article
- The importance of water and hydraulic pressure in cell dynamics.Journal of cell science · 2020Review
- On the energy efficiency of cell migration in diverse physical environments.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019Article
- Electromechanics and Volume Dynamics in Nonexcitable Tissue Cells.Biophysical journal · 2018Article
- Going with the Flow: Water Flux and Cell Shape during Cytokinesis.Biophysical journal · 2017Article
- Cell mechanics: a dialogue.Reports on progress in physics. Physical Society (Great Britain) · 2017Review
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Abstract
Electric fields influence many aspects of cell physiology, including various forms of cell migration. Many cells are sensitive to electric fields, and they can migrate toward a cathode or an anode, depending on the cell type. In this Letter, we examine an actomyosin-independent mode of cell migration under electrical fields. Our theory considers a one-dimensional cell with water and ionic fluxes at the cell boundary. Water fluxes through the membrane are governed by the osmotic pressure difference across the cell membrane. Fluxes of cations and anions across the cell membrane are determined by the properties of the ion channels as well as the external electric field. Results show that without actin polymerization and myosin contraction, electric fields can also drive cell migration, even when the cell is not polarized. The direction of migration with respect to the electric field direction is influenced by the properties of ion channels, and are cell-type dependent.
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