Random speed of human microvascular endothelial cells (hMEC)

Range 8 to 16 μm/hour
Organism Human Homo sapiens
Reference Smith JT, Elkin JT, Reichert WM. Directed cell migration on fibronectin gradients: effect of gradient slope. Exp Cell Res. 2006 Aug 1 312(13):2424-32 p.2428 fig.4PubMed ID16730349
Method Cell tracks captured by videomicroscopy are used to estimate average and instantaneous cellular motility parameters using a modified Langevin model.
Comments Corresponds to 2.2 to 4.4nm/sec
Entered by Uri M
ID 106816