ReviewJournal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal2018
Collective gradient sensing and chemotaxis: modeling and recent developments.
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- Deposited footprints let cells switch between confined, oscillatory, and exploratory migration.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Single-cell directional sensing from just a few receptor binding events.Biophysical journal · 2023Article
- Electric field-guided collective motility initiation of large epidermal cell groups.Molecular biology of the cell · 2023Article
- Coupling cell shape and velocity leads to oscillation and circling in keratocyte galvanotaxis.Biophysical journal · 2023Article
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- Retinal Progenitor Cells Exhibit Cadherin-Dependent Chemotaxis across Transplantable Extracellular Matrix of In Vitro Developmental and Adult Models.Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine · 2023Article
- Picking winners in cell-cell collisions: Wetting, speed, and contact.Physical review. E · 2022Article
- Polarized interfacial tension induces collective migration of cells, as a cluster, in a 3D tissue.Biophysical journal · 2022Article
- Tumor spheroid invasion in epidermal growth factor gradients revealed by a 3D microfluidic device.Physical biology · 2022Article
- Chemotactic smoothing of collective migration.eLife · 2022Article
- Short-term bioelectric stimulation of collective cell migration in tissues reprograms long-term supracellular dynamics.PNAS nexus · 2022Article
- Disentangling cadherin-mediated cell-cell interactions in collective cancer cell migration.Biophysical journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
Cells measure a vast variety of signals, from their environment's stiffness to chemical concentrations and gradients; physical principles strongly limit how accurately they can do this. However, when many cells work together, they can cooperate to exceed the accuracy of any single cell. In this topical review, I will discuss the experimental evidence showing that cells collectively sense gradients of many signal types, and the models and physical principles involved. I also propose new routes by which experiments and theory can expand our understanding of these problems.
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