About the Authors

Adrien Fauré

Affiliations Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, Yamaguchi University, Faculty of Science, Yoshida, Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi, Japan

Barbara M. I. Vreede

Affiliation Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

Élio Sucena

esucena@igc.gulbenkian.pt (ES); chaouiya@igc.gulbenkian.pt (CC)

Affiliations Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal

Claudine Chaouiya

esucena@igc.gulbenkian.pt (ES); chaouiya@igc.gulbenkian.pt (CC)

Affiliation Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: AF BMIV ES CC. Built, analyzed and interpreted the results of the computational models: AF. Implemented the code to simulate epithelial models: AF. Helped in building the models and interpreting their outcomes: BMIV. Performed the analyses of the single-cell model: CC. Conceived and supervised the project: ES CC.