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ArticleNPJ systems biology and applications2025

Leveraging agent-based models and deep reinforcement learning to predict taxis in cell migration.

Daniel Camacho-Gomez, Raffaele Sentiero, Maurizio Ventre, Jose Manuel Garcia-Aznar

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Article in NPJ systems biology and applications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Daniel Camacho-GomezDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering (M2BE), Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. dcamacho@unizar.es.
Raffaele SentieroDepartment of Chemical, Materials and Industrial Production Engineering. University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Maurizio VentreDepartment of Chemical, Materials and Industrial Production Engineering. University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Jose Manuel Garcia-AznarDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering (M2BE), Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.

Funding

European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme ICoMICS grant agreement No 101018587
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Abstract

We present a novel computational framework that combines Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) with Reinforcement Learning (RL) using the Double Deep Q-Network (DDQN) algorithm to determine cellular behavior in response to environmental signals. With this approach, the model captures the transduction of environmental cues into biological responses directly from experimental observations, without explicitly predefining cell behavior. This enables the prediction of dynamic, environment-dependent cell behavior and offers a scalable and flexible alternative to traditional rule-based ABM. To illustrate its potential, we present an application to barotactic cell migration data from microfluidic device experiments, where cells adapt their migration behavior based on pressure gradients, demonstrating the model's ability to generalize across varying geometries and pressure configurations. Thus, this approach introduces a novel direction for modeling how cells sense and transduce environmental cues into biological behaviors.

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Cell MovementReinforcement Machine LearningSystems AnalysisCellular MicroenvironmentMechanotransduction, CellularSoftware Validation

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PMID40854896
PMCPMC12378232

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