期刊
BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
卷 83, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-021-00859-7
关键词
Cell invasion; Plasticity; Modeling; Neural crest; Melanoma; Neuroblastoma
资金
- St. Baldrick's Foundation
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Cell invasion and cell plasticity play crucial roles in human development and cancer metastasis, involving complex cell signaling and interactive behaviors. Researchers have recognized the importance of mathematics in biology and developed a unique mathematical strategy to address these complex biological questions.
Cell invasion and cell plasticity are critical to human development but are also striking features of cancer metastasis. By distributing a multipotent cell type from a place of birth to distal locations, the vertebrate embryo builds organs. In comparison, metastatic tumor cells often acquire a de-differentiated phenotype and migrate away from a primary site to inhabit new microenvironments, disrupting normal organ function. Countless observations of both embryonic cell migration and tumor metastasis have demonstrated complex cell signaling and interactive behaviors that have long confounded scientist and clinician alike. James D. Murray realized the important role of mathematics in biology and developed a unique strategy to address complex biological questions such as these. His work offers a practical template for constructing clear, logical, direct and verifiable models that help to explain complex cell behaviors and direct new experiments. His pioneering work at the interface of development and cancer made significant contributions to glioblastoma cancer and embryonic pattern formation using often simple models with tremendous predictive potential. Here, we provide a brief overview of advances in cell invasion and cell plasticity using the embryonic neural crest and its ancestral relationship to aggressive cancers that put into current context the timeless aspects of his work.
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