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A hybrid model of intercellular tension and cell-matrix mechanical interactions in a multicellular geometry.
Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology - 1 Dec 2020
Scott Lewis E, Griggs Lauren A, Narayanan Vani, Conway Daniel E, Lemmon Christopher A, Weinberg Seth H
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Epithelial cells form continuous sheets of cells that exist in tensional homeostasis. Homeostasis is maintained through cell-to-cell junctions that distribute tension and balance forces between cells and their underlying matrix. Disruption of tensional homeostasis can lead to epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a transdifferentiation process in which epithelial cells adopt a mesenchymal phenotype, losing...
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