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. 2012 Feb 16;7(2):e31711. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031711

Table 2. Comparison of cell motility and cell pattern.

Cell type PFK* EPC HaCaT
Pattern Single clustered confluent single clustered single clustered confluent
Speed (µm/h) 623±36 511±29 105±7 35±1.8 21±2.4 63±15.4 46±2.9 32±1.4
Diff. coeff. (µm2/min) 116±1.5 158±1.7 134±0.7 1.7±0.01 1.6±0.01 0.6±0.01 1.29±0.01 3.6±0.01
Persistence time (min) 2.2±0.2 4.3±0.2 87.6±1.3 9.7±0.3 26.8±1.2 1.2±0.5 4.4±0.3 25.8±0.4
Persistence length (µm) 19.2±0.8 31.7±0.9 131.5±1 4.9±0.1 8±0.2 1±0.2 2.9±0.1 11.7±0.1

Cell motility data were calculated from tracked trajectories of cell populations in 3 typical densities for each cell type. Note the increase in persistence length for clustered cells in all cell types.

*PFK: primary goldfish keratocyte.