Liquid crystal-like self-organization of glioblastoma is associated with consistent migration for high cell densities
Urszula Hohmann, Chalid Ghadban, Julian Prell, Christian Strauss, Faramarz Dehghani, Tim Hohmann · 2026
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Urszula Hohmann and co-authors filmed living glioblastoma cells in 2026 to see how crowding changes the way this aggressive brain tumour spreads through tissue. Established and patient-derived cell lines were watched at varied densities, and cell division events were tracked against nearby movement.
A division briefly sped up cells up to three cell lengths away. Under a density slope, some lines kept crawling on their own while others moved mainly by growth pressure. Cells that lined up into liquid-crystal-like order kept moving well even when packed tight. The authors suggest that self-ordering may help the tumour keep invading under confinement, a trait that makes it hard to contain.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Urszula Hohmann, Chalid Ghadban, Julian Prell, Christian Strauss, Faramarz Dehghani, Tim Hohmann |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 67619 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |