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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 10.
Published in final edited form as: Wiley Interdiscip Rev Syst Biol Med. 2011 Aug 18;4(1):1–14. doi: 10.1002/wsbm.158

Fig. 1. Mathematical modeling of complex DCIS microstructures.

Fig. 1

(Left) An immersed boundary model produced micropapillary-like DCIS structures when cell polarization was assumed. Reproduced by permission from (45). (Right) An agent-based model predicted that polarized DCIS cells form micropapillary structures (iterations 200 and 500) that merge into cribriform -like structures (iterations 800 and onward). Reproduced by permission from (46).