Cell type | Wound diameter (μm) | Cell diameter (μm) | Ratio of wound diameter to cell diameter | Healing time (s) | Approx. healing rate (μm2/s) |
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LHCN skeletal muscle (human) [9] | 1 | ~ 40 | 0.03 | 70 | 0.01 |
HeLa [10] | 2–3 | 30 | 0.07 | 200–300 | 0.01–0.03 |
3 T3 fibroblast [11] | 2 | 18 | 0.11 | 60–120 | 0.02–0.05 |
Dictyostelium [12] | 0.5–2 | 15 | 0.03 | 5–10 | 0.02–0.6 |
Drosophila embryo [13] | 12–20 | 150–500 | 0.08 | 100–200 | 0.6–3.1 |
Xenopus oocyte [14] | ~ 200 | 1200 | 0.17 | 600 | 52 |
10–50 | 80 | 0.125–0.625 | 3–15 | 31–130 | |
Stentor coeruleus | ~ 100 (approximate size of a single large wound) | ~ 200 (for a cell fragment approx. half the original cell size) | 0.5 | 100–1000 | 7.9–79 |