Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

A Side View of Moving Fibroblasts

Nature volume 222, pages 641–644 (1969)Cite this article

Abstract

Observations of fibroblasts by time lapse and still microphotography clarify the nature of the “ruffling” phenomenon, and suggest a mechanism for locomotion and contact inhibition.

Access through your institution
Buy or subscribe

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Access through your institution

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Curtis, A. S. G., The Cell Surface, 179–184 (Logos Press, London, 1967).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Carter, S. B., Nature, 206, 1183 (1965).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Berthold, G., Studien über Protoplasmamechanik (Felix, Leipzig, 1886).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Dellinger, O. P., J. Exp. Zool., 3, 337 (1906).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Gustafson, T., and Wolpert, L., Biol. Rev., 42, 327 (1967).

    Google Scholar 

  6. Abercrombie, M., and Ambrose, E. J., Exp. Cell Res., 15, 332 (1958).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Abercrombie, M., Exp. Cell Res., Suppl. 8, 188 (1961).

  8. Curtis, A. S. G., The Cell Surface, chaps. 3 and 4 (Logos Press, London, 1967).

    Google Scholar 

  9. Abercrombie, M., and Heaysman, J. E. M., Exp. Cell Res., 13, 276 (1954).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Goodrich, H. B., Biol. Bull., 46, 252 (1920).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Chambers, R., and Fell, H. B., Proc. Roy. Soc., 109, 380 (1931).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Zoology, University College, London

    V. M. INGRAM

  2. Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    V. M. INGRAM

Authors
  1. V. M. INGRAM
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

INGRAM, V. A Side View of Moving Fibroblasts. Nature 222, 641–644 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222641a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/222641a0

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing