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We study a model for the spread and (de)differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells and chondrocytes in a scaffold whose fibers are coated with hyaluron. The chondrocytes produce new extracellular matrix, which, together with hyaluron, serves as a haptotactic cue for the stem cell migration. We prove global existence of weak solutions of the corresponding cross-diffusion system with double haptotaxis.
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Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications welcomes all research articles of the highest quality with special emphasis on applying techniques of nonlinear analysis to model and to treat nonlinear phenomena with which nature confronts us. Coverage of applications includes any branch of science and technology such as solid and fluid mechanics, material science, mathematical biology and chemistry, control theory, and inverse problems.
The aim of Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications is to publish articles which are predominantly devoted to employing methods and techniques from analysis, including partial differential equations, functional analysis, dynamical systems and evolution equations, calculus of variations, and bifurcations theory.