A Geometrically-Constrained Mathematical Model of Mammary Gland Ductal Elongation Reveals Novel Cellular Dynamics within the Terminal End Bud.

Mathematics is often used to model biological systems. In mammary gland development, mathematical modeling has been limited to acinar and branching morphogenesis and breast cancer, without reference to normal duct formation. We present a model of ductal elongation that exploits the geometrically-con...

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Main Authors: Ingrid Paine, Arnaud Chauviere, John Landua, Amulya Sreekumar, Vittorio Cristini, Jeffrey Rosen, Michael T Lewis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-04-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4845990?pdf=render