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ReviewThe Journal of cell biology2016

Collective cell migration in development.

Elena Scarpa, Roberto Mayor

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Review in The Journal of cell biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 236 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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236citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

236 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  7. Heterotypic intercellular adhesion tunes efficiency of cell-on-cell migration.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  17. Statistical and mechanical analysis of multi-pseudopodial locomotion in a testate amoeba, Arcella sp.Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences · 2026
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  20. ESR1 Regulates Fecundity and Functions in Sheep Endometrial Stromal Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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176 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Elena ScarpaDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, England, UK.
Roberto MayorDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, England, UK r.mayor@ucl.ac.uk.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilMedical Research Council J000655Medical Research Council M010465Medical Research Council MR/M010465/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During embryonic development, tissues undergo major rearrangements that lead to germ layer positioning, patterning, and organ morphogenesis. Often these morphogenetic movements are accomplished by the coordinated and cooperative migration of the constituent cells, referred to as collective cell migration. The molecular and biomechanical mechanisms underlying collective migration of developing tissues have been investigated in a variety of models, including border cell migration, tracheal branching, blood vessel sprouting, and the migration of the lateral line primordium, neural crest cells, or head mesendoderm. Here we review recent advances in understanding collective migration in these developmental models, focusing on the interaction between cells and guidance cues presented by the microenvironment and on the role of cell-cell adhesion in mechanical and behavioral coupling of cells within the collective.

Indexed as

Cell MovementEmbryonic DevelopmentAnimalsCell CommunicationEmbryonic InductionModels, Biological

Identifiers

PMID26783298
PMCPMC4738384

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