WHY DOES SKIN STAY SMOOTH - THE DYNAMICS OF TISSUES IN STATISTICAL EQUILIBRIUM

Authors
RIVIER N DUBERTRET B
Citation
N. Rivier et B. Dubertret, WHY DOES SKIN STAY SMOOTH - THE DYNAMICS OF TISSUES IN STATISTICAL EQUILIBRIUM, Philosophical magazine. B. Physics of condensed matter. Structural, electronic, optical and magnetic properties, 72(3), 1995, pp. 311-322
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Mechanics,"Physics, Condensed Matter","Material Science
Journal title
Philosophical magazine. B. Physics of condensed matter. Structural, electronic, optical and magnetic properties → ACNP
ISSN journal
09586644
Volume
72
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
311 - 322
Database
ISI
SICI code
0958-6644(1995)72:3<311:WDSSS->2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The 'molecular dynamics' of cells in the epidermis of mammals is prese nted by generalizing a model of grain growth in polycrystals or coarse ning foams due to Telley. The tissue remains in statistical equilibriu m in spite of and because of constant renewal through local elementary topological transformations, which are division (mitosis), neighbour exchange and detachment of the cells. The global evolution and respons e of tissues can now be described realistically, geometrically with ve ry few parameters and little biological input. The dynamics of cell di vision is modelled for the first time.