Term Name: cell migration
Synonyms:
Definition: The controlled self-propelled movement of a cell from one site to a destination guided by molecular cues.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0016477]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: cell motility
has subtype: ameboidal-type cell migration angioblast cell migration anterior visceral endoderm cell migration cell chemotaxis cell migration in hindbrain cell migration involved in coronary angiogenesis cell migration involved in coronary vasculogenesis cell migration involved in endocardial cushion formation cell migration involved in gastrulation cell migration involved in heart development cell migration involved in heart formation cell migration involved in heart jogging cell migration involved in kidney development cell migration involved in mammary placode formation cell migration involved in mesendoderm migration cell migration involved in metanephros development cell migration involved in somitogenic axis elongation cell migration involved in vasculogenesis cell rearrangement involved in Malpighian tubule morphogenesis chondrocyte intercalation involved in growth plate cartilage morphogenesis distal tip cell migration dorsal closure, spreading of leading edge cells endothelial cell migration forebrain cell migration germ cell migration glial cell migration hematopoietic stem cell migration hemocyte migration hepatocyte cell migration hypothalamus cell migration inductive cell migration leukocyte migration lymphoid lineage cell migration mesenchymal stem cell migration mesonephric cell migration involved in male gonad development muscle cell migration neuroblast migration neuromast primordium migration neuron migration pericyte cell migration skeletal muscle satellite cell migration sperm migration through the uterotubal junction substrate-dependent cell migration wound healing, spreading of cells
inverse capable_of: mesenchymal cell mesenchymal stem cell
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of cell migration
positively regulated by: positive regulation of cell migration positive regulation of cell migration by vascular endothelial growth factor signaling pathway positive regulation of cell migration by VEGF-activated platelet derived growth factor receptor signaling pathway
regulated by: regulation of cell migration