Broad-tailed force distributions and velocity ordering in a heterogeneous membrane model for collective cell migration

Details Broad-tailed force distributions and velocity ordering in a heterogeneous membrane model for collective cell migration Broad-tailed force distributions and velocity ordering in a heterogeneous membrane model for collective cell migration

2012-03-20

arxiv.org/abs/1203.4333v1

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Biological Physics

7 pages and 5 figures

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Correlated velocity patterns and associated large length-scale transmission of traction forces have been observed in collective live cell migration as a response to a "wound". We argue that a simple physical model of a force-driven heterogeneous elastic membrane sliding over a viscous substrate can qualitatively explain a few experimentally observed facts: (i) the growth of velocity ordering which spreads from the wound boundary to the interior, (ii) the exponential tails of the traction force distributions, and (iii) the swirling pattern of velocities in the interior of the tissue.

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