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Nature Cell Biology 4, 894–900 (1 November 2002) | doi:10.1038/ncb873

Membrane microviscosity regulates endothelial cell motility

Prabar K. Ghosh , Amit Vasanji , Gurunathan Murugesan , Steven J. Eppell , Linda M. Graham & Paul L. Fox

Endothelial cell (EC) movement is an initiating and rate-limiting event in the neogenesis and repair of blood vessels. Here, we explore the hypothesis that microviscosity of the plasma membrane (PM) is a key physiological regulator of cell movement.