PUBLICATION
Fluid flow and guidance of collective cell migration
- Authors
- Vasilyev, A., and Drummond, I.A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-100322-4
- Date
- 2010
- Source
- Cell adhesion & migration 4(3): 353-357 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Drummond, Iain
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Cell Movement*
- Epithelial Cells/cytology
- Kidney/cytology
- Kidney/physiology
- Models, Biological
- Rheology*
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 20234192 Full text @ Cell Adh. Migr.
Citation
Vasilyev, A., and Drummond, I.A. (2010) Fluid flow and guidance of collective cell migration. Cell adhesion & migration. 4(3):353-357.
Abstract
Collective cell migration is emerging as a significant component of many biological processes including metazoan development, tissue maintenance and repair, and tumor progression. Different contexts dictate different mechanisms by which migration is guided and maintained. In vascular endothelia subjected to significant shear stress, fluid flow is utilized to properly orient a migrating group of cells. Recently, we discovered that the developing zebrafish pronephric epithelium undergoes a similar response to luminal fluid flow, which guides pronephric epithelial migration towards the glomerulus. Intratubular migration leads to significant changes in kidney morphology. This novel process provides a powerful in vivo model for further exploration of the mechanisms underlying mechanotransduction and collective migration.
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