Mathematical Models for Cell Migration and Spread
A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "E3: Mathematical Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 10961
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Dear Colleagues,
Real world problems from Biology and Medicine arise challenging mathematical issues and often require a broad knowledge of methods from several mathematical disciplines, along with the ability to connect them. One of the main directions in Mathematical Biology addresses continuous time problems described by way of ordinary/stochastic/random/partial differential equations, often coupled in systems comprising one or several such types.
Cell motility is a hallmark of many biological processes related, among others, to development of cancer and building of metastases, wound healing, tissue regeneration, embryonic development, etc. This special issue focuses on problems related to cell migration and spread in a heterogeneous environment containing soluble and insoluble signals (chemoattractants and -repellents, tissue components, various types of cells, interstitial fluid, etc.) and modelled by systems like those mentioned above. Thus, it welcomes manuscripts addressing questions related to modeling, analysis and/or numerical simulations of such systems.
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Keywords
- mathematical models related to cell motility
- systems of ordinary, stochastic, random, and/or partial differential equations
- mathematical analysis (well-posedness, qualitative properties of solutions, long-time behavior, traveling waves, etc.)
- numerical simulations
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