2016
Motility-Driven Glass and Jamming Transitions in Biological Tissues
Abstract: Cell motion inside dense tissues governs many biological processes, including embryonic development and cancer metastasis, and recent experiments suggest that these tissues exhibit collective glassy behavior. To make quantitative predictions about glass transitions in tissues, we study a self-propelled Voronoi (SPV) model that simultaneously captures polarized cell motility and multi-body cell-cell interactions in a confluent tissue, where there are no gaps between cells. We demonstrate that the model exhibits…
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“…For systems exhibiting cage effects, the TMSD shows a pronounced plateau at intermediate times, reflecting transient confinement that persists over a broad range of time scales ( 13, 28, 29 ). However, unlike the predictions of some vertex and Voronoi models ( 16-22 ), our data does not show such a plateau. To eliminate the possible influence of local collective cell migration related to Mermin-Wagner fluctuations, we have calculated the “cage related TMSD”, Fig.…”
Section: Resultscontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…For systems exhibiting cage effects, the TMSD shows a pronounced plateau at intermediate times, reflecting transient confinement that persists over a broad range of time scales ( 13, 28, 29 ). However, unlike the predictions of some vertex and Voronoi models ( 16-22 ), our data does not show such a plateau. To eliminate the possible influence of local collective cell migration related to Mermin-Wagner fluctuations, we have calculated the “cage related TMSD”, Fig.…”
Section: Resultscontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…9(f) . Consistent with prior research findings [ 7 , 8 ], we have observed that a jammed state can be transitioned to an unjammed state by elevating cell motility. Furthermore, we also find the reinforcement of cell-cell adhesion will suppress unjamming, which is supported by experiments [ 14 , 58 ].…”
Section: Model Resultssupporting
confidence: 93%
“…9(f). Consistent with prior research findings [7, 8], we have observed that a jammed state can be transitioned to an unjammed state by elevating cell motility. Furthermore, we also find the reinforcement of cell-cell adhesion will suppress unjamming, which is supported by experiments [14, 52].…”
Section: Model Resultssupporting
confidence: 93%
