Before revision: Collective sensing by many interacting cells is observed in a variety of biological systems, and yet a quantitative understanding of how sensory information is encoded by many cells is still lacking. In this study, we characterize the calcium dynamics of cocultured monolayers of fibroblast cells and breast cancer cells in response to external ATP stimuli.
After revision: Collective sensing by many interacting cells is observed in a variety of biological systems, and yet a quantitative understanding of how sensory information is collectively encoded is lacking. Here we investigate the ATP-induced calcium dynamics of cocultured monolayers of fibroblast cells and breast cancer cells in response to external ATP stimuli.