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3 papers
Active Fingering Instability in Tissue Spreading
Ricard Alert, Carles Blanch-Mercader, Jaume Casademunt
During the spreading of epithelial tissues, the advancing tissue front often develops fingerlike protrusions. Their resemblance to traditional viscous fingering patterns in driven…
Active wetting of epithelial tissues
Carlos Pérez-González, Ricard Alert, Carles Blanch-Mercader +5
Development, regeneration and cancer involve drastic transitions in tissue morphology. In analogy with the behavior of inert fluids, some of these transitions have been interpreted…
Hydrodynamic instabilities, waves and turbulence in spreading epithelia
C. Blanch-Mercader, J. Casademunt
We present a hydrodynamic model of spreading epithelial monolayers as polar viscous fluids, with active contractility and traction on the substrate. The combination of both active…