The Force at the Tip--Modelling Tension and Proliferation in Sprouting Angiogenesis.

Sprouting angiogenesis, where new blood vessels grow from pre-existing ones, is a complex process where biochemical and mechanical signals regulate endothelial cell proliferation and movement. Therefore, a mathematical description of sprouting angiogenesis has to take into consideration biological s...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Santos-Oliveira, António Correia, Tiago Rodrigues, Teresa M Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Paulo Matafome, Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Manzaneque, Raquel Seiça, Henrique Girão, Rui D M Travasso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-08-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004436