Chemo-mechanical Diffusion Waves Orchestrate Collective Dynamics of Immune Cell Podosomes
Z. Gong, K. van den Dries, A. Cambi, V. Shenoy
This study develops a chemo-mechanical model to explain how immune cell podosomes generate oscillatory growth and coordinated wave dynamics through actin polymerization, myosin contractility, and actin diffusion.
bioRxiv · Nov 23, 2021 · PreprintBiophysics