Abstract:
:When trophoblasts migrate and invade in vivo, they do so by interacting with a range of other cell types, extracellular matrix proteins, chemotactic factors and physical forces such as fluid shear stress. These factors combine to influence overall trophoblast migration and invasion into the decidua, which in turn determines the success of spiral artery remodelling, and pregnancy itself. Our understanding of these important but complex processes is limited by the simplified conditions in which we often study cell migration in vitro, and many discrepancies are observed between different in vitro models in the literature. On top of these experimental considerations, the migration of individual trophoblasts can vary widely. While time-lapse microscopy provides a wealth of information on trophoblast migration, manual tracking of individual cell migration is a time consuming task that ultimately restricts the numbers of cells quantified, and thus the ability to extract meaningful information from the data. However, the development of automated imaging algorithms is likely to aid our ability to accurately interpret trophoblast migration in vitro, and better allow us to relate these observations to in vivo scenarios. This commentary discusses the advantages and disadvantages of techniques commonly used to quantify trophoblast migration and invasion, both from a cell biology and a mathematical perspective, and examines how such techniques could be improved to help us relate trophoblast migration more accurately to in vivo function in the future.
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Cell Adh Migrjournal_title
Cell adhesion & migrationauthors
James J,Tun W,Clark Adoi
10.1080/19336918.2015.1083667subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-03-03 00:00:00pages
77-87issue
1-2eissn
1933-6918issn
1933-6926journal_volume
10pub_type
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