... acknowledged that cell-cell interactions play a major role in tumorigenesis [18] Better understanding and estimating the nature of these interactions may play a key role for an early detection of cancer ... A, Iwasa Y: Possibility of tissue segregation caused by cell adhesion Journal of Theoretical Biology 2003, 221:459-474 Honda H, Yamanaka H, Eguchi G: Transformation of a polygonal cellular pattern ... denote a (marked) cell configuration as In this study, we present a statistical approach to the estimation of the strength of adhesion between cells under the DAH, based on a continuous stochastic...