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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2023

Quantification of cell migration: metrics selection to model application.

Yang Hu, Matthew L Becker, Rebecca Kuntz Willits

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Tumor-Tissue Boundaries as Instructive Interfaces in Breast Cancer Cell Invasion.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  14. Methods and computational tools to study eukaryotic cell migrationFrontiers in cell and developmental 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yang HuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States.
Matthew L BeckerDepartments of Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
Rebecca Kuntz WillitsDepartment of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States.
Northeastern University · USDuke University · US

Funding

Synergistic Enhancement of Peripheral Nerve Defect Repair using Peptide Functionalized Aligned Nanofiber ConduitsR01NS124889 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Matthew L Becker · 2022 to 2026
$2.3M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS124889
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell migration plays an essential role in physiological and pathological states, such as immune response, tissue generation and tumor development. This phenomenon can occur spontaneously or it can be triggered by an external stimuli, including biochemical, mechanical, or electrical cues that induce or direct cells to migrate. The migratory response to these cues is foundational to several fields including neuroscience, cancer and regenerative medicine. Various platforms are available to qualitatively and quantitatively measure cell migration, making the measurements of cell motility straight-forward. Migratory behavior must be analyzed by multiple metrics and then models to connect the measurements to physiological meaning. This review will focus on describing and quantifying cell movement for individual cell migration.

Indexed as

anamolous diffusionbrowniancell motility analysisdiffusionindividual cell migration

Identifiers

PMID37255596
PMCPMC10225508
OpenAlexW4376608926

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Registered trials

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