Anomalous diffusion and q-Weibull velocity distributions in epithelial cell migration

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 7; p. e0180777
• Main Authors: Souza Vilela Podestá, Tatiane, Venzel Rosembach, Tiago, Aparecida Dos Santos, Anésia, Lobato Martins, Marcelo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 10.07.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animals; Artificial tissues; Assaying; Biology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Cell adhesion & migration; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell migration; Cell Migration Assays; Cell Movement - physiology; Chemokines; Clusters; Computer simulation; Correlation; Density; Diffusion; Diffusion rate; Displacement; Dogs; Epithelial Cells - cytology; Epithelial Cells - physiology; Fluctuations; Healing; Immunosurveillance; Leukocyte migration; Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells; Maxwellian distribution; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mice; Microscopy; Models, Theoretical; Motility; Organs; Phase transitions; Physical Sciences; Plastics; Random walk; Research and Analysis Methods; Scaling; Spatial distribution; Statistical Distributions; Time series; Time-Lapse Imaging; Tissues; Velocity; Wound healing; Wound Healing - physiology; Brazil

In multicellular organisms, cell motility is central in all morphogenetic processes, tissue maintenance, wound healing and immune surveillance. Hence, the control of cell motion is a major demand in the creation of artificial tissues and organs. Here, cell migration assays on plastic 2D surfaces inv...