単細胞生物学

概要

Short Review of Computational Models for Single Cell Deformation and Migration

Vermolen FJ

This short review communication aims at enumerating several modeling efforts that have been performed to model cell migration and deformation. To optimize and improve medical treatments against diseases like cancer, ischemic wounds or pressure ulcers, it is of vital importance to understand the underlying biological mechanisms. Such biological mechanisms also take place on a cellular scale, where cells are known to migrate, proliferate, and differentiate and to die.