Confinement-induced transition between wave-like collective cell migration modes
V. Petrolli, M. Le Goff, M. Tadrous, K. Martens, C. Allier, O. Mandula, L. Herve, S. Henkes, R. Sknepnek, T. Boudou, G. Cappello, M. Balland
This study shows that epithelial cell layers confined to narrow geometries exhibit tissue-level waves that undergo a phase transition, independent of confinement length, revealing an intrinsic mechanism for supracellular distance measurement.
bioRxiv · Dec 13, 2018 · PreprintBiophysics