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COMPREHENSIVE PHYSIOLOGY
卷 2, 期 4, 页码 2369-2392出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c110012
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- Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation [BFU2009-07595]
- European Research Council [242993]
- Generalitat de Catalunya
- NIH Cell Migration Consortium [GM-064346]
- European Research Council (ERC) [242993] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
- ICREA Funding Source: Custom
Cell migration is fundamental to establishing and maintaining the proper organization of multicellular organisms. Morphogenesis can be viewed as a consequence, in part, of cell locomotion, from large-scale migrations of epithelial sheets during gastrulation, to the movement of individual cells during development of the nervous system. In an adult organism, cell migration is essential for proper immune response, wound repair, and tissue homeostasis, while aberrant cell migration is found in various pathologies. Indeed, as our knowledge of migration increases, we can look forward to, for example, abating the spread of highly malignant cancer cells, retarding the invasion of white cells in the inflammatory process, or enhancing the healing of wounds. This article is organized in two main sections. The first section is devoted to the single-cell migrating in isolation such as occurs when leukocytes migrate during the immune response or when fibroblasts squeeze through connective tissue. The second section is devoted to cells collectively migrating as part of multicellular clusters or sheets. This second type of migration is prevalent in development, wound healing, and in some forms of cancer metastasis. (C) 2012 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 2:2369-2392, 2012.
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