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ReviewPLoS computational biology2020

Bridging from single to collective cell migration: A review of models and links to experiments.

Andreas Buttenschön, Leah Edelstein-Keshet

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Review in PLoS computational biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

34 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Tui: A Multigenerational and Expert-Correctable Tracker for Cellular Dynamics.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026
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  9. Collective migration modes in development, tissue repair and cancer.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2025
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  10. Personalizing computational models to construct medical digital twins.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025
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  11. Metareview: a survey of active matter reviews.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2025
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  13. Personalizing computational models to construct medical digital twins.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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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.

Andreas ButtenschönDepartment of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4943-7591
Leah Edelstein-KeshetDepartment of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2233-690X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mathematical and computational models can assist in gaining an understanding of cell behavior at many levels of organization. Here, we review models in the literature that focus on eukaryotic cell motility at 3 size scales: intracellular signaling that regulates cell shape and movement, single cell motility, and collective cell behavior from a few cells to tissues. We survey recent literature to summarize distinct computational methods (phase-field, polygonal, Cellular Potts, and spherical cells). We discuss models that bridge between levels of organization, and describe levels of detail, both biochemical and geometric, included in the models. We also highlight links between models and experiments. We find that models that span the 3 levels are still in the minority.

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Computer SimulationModels, BiologicalCell MovementCell ShapeCytoskeletonSignal Transduction

Identifiers

PMID33301528
PMCPMC7728230

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