J. M. Pérez-Pomares

Introduction This example shows a model of vascular network formation by paracrine signaling (Köhn-Luque et al., 2011) and employs a coupled CPM and reaction-diffusion model. Cells organize into networks due to matrix-anchorage of chemoattractant.

During embryonic vasculogenesis, endothelial precursor cells of mesodermal origin known as angioblasts assemble into a characteristic …