A computational model of cell migration in response to biochemical diffusion

Nicholas C. Dexter, Kara L. Kruse, James J. Nutaro, Richard C. Ward

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Abstract

The Computational Sciences and Engineering Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is partnering with the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine to design a computational model describing various factors related to the development of intimal hyperplasia (IH) in response to arterial injury. This research focuses on modeling the chemotactic and haptotactic processes that stimulate vascular smooth muscle cell migration into the intima. A hybrid discrete-continuous mathematical model of cell migration in response to biochemical diffusion was developed in C++. Chemoattractant diffusion is modeled as a continuous partial differential equation, whereas migration of the cells is modeled as a series of discrete events. Results obtained from the discrete state model for cell migration agree with those obtained from Boyden chamber experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 1st Annual ORNL Biomedical Science and Engineering Conference, BSEC 2009
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 1st Annual ORNL Biomedical Science and Engineering Conference, BSEC 2009 - Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Duration: Mar 18 2009Mar 19 2009

Publication series

Name2009 1st Annual ORNL Biomedical Science and Engineering Conference, BSEC 2009

Conference

Conference2009 1st Annual ORNL Biomedical Science and Engineering Conference, BSEC 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOak Ridge, TN
Period03/18/0903/19/09

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