Contact inhibition of locomotion (CIL) occurs when a cell stops migrating in a particular direction upon contact with another cell. Many cancer cells show Contact inhibition of locomotion when contacting one another but display contact-unimpeded migration following collision with noncancer cells. Here we review current understanding of Contact inhibition of locomotion, from Abercrombie's histor...

purpose: to determine the sensitivity and specificity of confocal scan in the diagnosis of fungal and acanthamoeba keratitis based on the results of corneal and/or contact lens case smear and culture. method: confocal scan and corneal and/or contact lens case smear and culture were performed in all patients with a clinical diagnosis of infectious keratitis who were referred to labbafinejad medi...

Primary mouse embryo cells, when placed on a regular pattern of replating, initially exhibit a cyclical pattern of proliferation. When such cells recover from the primary injury caused by the carcinogen methylnitrosourea, they acquire a markedly enhanced plating efficiency. This change is independent of the density of plating at which the cells were treated and is probably a true, induced, heri...