The unjamming transition is distinct from the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition.
J. A. Mitchel, A. Das, M. J. O'Sullivan, I. T. Stancil, S. J. DeCamp, S. Koehler, J. P. Butler, J. J. Fredberg, M. A. Nieto, D. Bi, J.-A. Park
This paper distinguishes the unjamming transition (UJT) from the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) by showing UJT enables collective epithelial migration without EMT features.
bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2019 · PreprintBiophysics