Cell migration is essential for a wide range of biological processes such as embryo
morphogenesis, wound healing, regeneration, and also in pathological conditions, such as …

Viscoelasticity and its alteration in time and space has turned out to act as a key element in
fundamental biological processes in living systems, such as morphogenesis and motility …

Viscoelasticity of multicellular system represents a product of energy storage and dissipation
during cell rearrangement under various stress or strain conditions and should be …

Cancer invasion through the surrounding epithelium and extracellular matrix (ECM) is the
one of the main characteristics of cancer progression. While significant effort has been made …

Long-time viscoelasticity of multicellular surfaces caused by collective cell migration
depends on:(1) the volume fraction and configuration of migrating cells and the rate of its …

Long-timescale viscoelasticity caused by collective cell migration (CCM) significantly
influences cell rearrangement and induces generation of mechanical waves. The …

Although collective cell migration (CCM) is a highly coordinated migratory mode,
perturbations in the form of jamming state transitions and vice versa often occur even in 2D …

Various types of mechanical waves, such as propagative waves and standing waves, are
observed during 2D collective cell migration. Propagative waves are generated during …

Cell rearrangement caused by collective cell migration (CCM) during free expansion of
epithelial monolayers has become a landmark in our current understanding of fundamental …

Mechanical forces play an important role in various physiological processes, such as
morphogenesis, cytokinesis, and migration. Thus, in order to illuminate mechanisms …