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ArticlePLoS computational biology2021

Comparative mapping of crawling-cell morphodynamics in deep learning-based feature space.

Daisuke Imoto, Nen Saito, Akihiko Nakajima, Gen Honda, Motohiko Ishida, Toyoko Sugita, Sayaka Ishihara, Koko Katagiri, Chika Okimura, Yoshiaki Iwadate and 1 more

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Daisuke ImotoDepartment of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7419-5491
Nen SaitoUniversal Biological Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8317-9389
Akihiko NakajimaDepartment of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2690-6973
Gen HondaDepartment of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Motohiko IshidaDepartment of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Toyoko SugitaDepartment of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Sayaka IshiharaDepartment of Biosciences, School of Science, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan.
Koko KatagiriDepartment of Biosciences, School of Science, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan.
Chika OkimuraFaculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Yoshiaki IwadateFaculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5300-4393
Satoshi SawaiDepartment of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3764-219X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Navigation of fast migrating cells such as amoeba Dictyostelium and immune cells are tightly associated with their morphologies that range from steady polarized forms that support high directionality to those more complex and variable when making frequent turns. Model simulations are essential for quantitative understanding of these features and their origins, however systematic comparisons with real data are underdeveloped. Here, by employing deep-learning-based feature extraction combined with phase-field modeling framework, we show that a low dimensional feature space for 2D migrating cell morphologies obtained from the shape stereotype of keratocytes, Dictyostelium and neutrophils can be fully mapped by an interlinked signaling network of cell-polarization and protrusion dynamics. Our analysis links the data-driven shape analysis to the underlying causalities by identifying key parameters critical for migratory morphologies both normal and aberrant under genetic and pharmacological perturbations. The results underscore the importance of deciphering self-organizing states and their interplay when characterizing morphological phenotypes.

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Deep LearningModels, BiologicalAnimalsCell MovementCell PolarityCells, CulturedCell ShapeCell Surface ExtensionsCichlidsComputational BiologyComputer SimulationDictyosteliumFibroblastsHL-60 CellsHumans

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PMID34383753
PMCPMC8360578

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