D. Cuvelier, M. Thery, Y. Chu, S. Dufour, and J. Thiery, The Universal Dynamics of Cell Spreading, Current Biology, vol.17, issue.8, pp.694-699, 2007.
DOI : 10.1016/j.cub.2007.02.058

S. Huveneers and E. Danen, Adhesion signaling - crosstalk between integrins, Src and Rho, Journal of Cell Science, vol.122, issue.8, pp.1059-1069, 2009.
DOI : 10.1242/jcs.039446

D. Fedosov, B. Caswell, and G. Karniadakis, Systematic coarse-graining of spectrin-level red blood cell models, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol.199, issue.29-32, pp.1937-1948, 2010.
DOI : 10.1016/j.cma.2010.02.001

D. Fedosov, H. Lei, B. Caswell, S. Suresh, and G. Karniadakis, Multiscale Modeling of Red Blood Cell Mechanics and Blood Flow in Malaria, PLoS Computational Biology, vol.11, issue.12, p.1002270, 2011.
DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002270.t002

M. Lu and G. Mcdowell, The importance of modelling ballast particle shape in the discrete element method, Granular Matter, vol.71, issue.1, pp.69-80, 2007.
DOI : 10.1007/s10035-006-0021-3

H. Matuttis, S. Luding, and H. Herrman, Discrete element simulations of dense packings and heaps made of spherical and non-spherical particles, Powder Technology, vol.109, issue.1-3, pp.278-292, 2000.
DOI : 10.1016/S0032-5910(99)00243-0

T. Pöschel and T. Schwager, Computational Granular Dynamics, 2005.

J. Spillmann and M. Teschner, Contact surface computation for coarsely sampled deformable objects, Proc. Vision, 2005.

D. Drasdo, S. Hoehme, and M. Block, On the Role of Physics in the Growth and Pattern Formation of Multi-Cellular Systems: What can we Learn from Individual-Cell Based Models?, Journal of Statistical Physics, vol.37, issue.1-2, pp.287-345, 2007.
DOI : 10.1007/s10955-007-9289-x

M. Dao, J. Li, and S. Suresh, Molecularly based analysis of deformation of spectrin network and human erythrocyte, Materials Science and Engineering: C, vol.26, issue.8, pp.1232-1244, 2006.
DOI : 10.1016/j.msec.2005.08.020

A. Hategan, K. Sengupta, S. Kahn, E. Sackmann, and D. Discher, Topographical Pattern Dynamics in Passive Adhesion of Cell Membranes, Biophysical Journal, vol.87, issue.5, pp.3547-3560, 2004.
DOI : 10.1529/biophysj.104.041475

S. Suresh, J. Spatz, J. Mills, A. Micoulet, and M. Dao, Connections between single-cell biomechanics and human disease states: gastrointestinal cancer and malaria, Acta Biomaterialia, vol.1, issue.1, pp.15-30, 2005.
DOI : 10.1016/j.actbio.2004.09.001

P. Van-liedekerke, B. Smeets, T. Odenthal, E. Tijskens, and H. Ramon, Solving microscopic flow problems using Stokes equations in SPH, Computer Physics Communications, vol.184, issue.7, pp.1686-1696, 2013.
DOI : 10.1016/j.cpc.2013.02.013
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00802400

D. Leckband and J. Israelachvili, Intermolecular forces in biology, Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, vol.34, issue.02, pp.105-267, 2001.
DOI : 10.1017/S0033583501003687

A. Hategan, R. Law, S. Kahn, and D. Discher, Adhesively-Tensed Cell Membranes: Lysis Kinetics and Atomic Force Microscopy Probing, Biophysical Journal, vol.85, issue.4, pp.2746-2759, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74697-9

U. Seifert and R. Lipowsky, Adhesion of vesicles, Physical Review A, vol.42, issue.8, pp.4768-4771, 1990.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevA.42.4768

D. Boal, Mechanics of the Cell, 2012.

N. Wang, E. Ostuni, G. Whitesides, and D. Ingber, Micropatterning tractional forces in living cells, Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, vol.282, issue.2, pp.97-106, 2002.
DOI : 10.1002/cm.10037

W. Legant, C. Choi, J. Miller, L. Shao, and L. Gao, Multidimensional traction force microscopy reveals out-of-plane rotational moments about focal adhesions, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol.110, issue.3, pp.881-886, 2013.
DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1207997110

J. Brady and G. Bossis, Stokesian Dynamics, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, vol.20, issue.1, pp.111-157, 1988.
DOI : 10.1146/annurev.fl.20.010188.000551

J. Israelachvili, Intermolecular and surface forces. Academic press, 2011.

Y. Xiong, P. Rangamani, M. Fardin, A. Lipshtat, and B. Dubin-thaler, Mechanisms Controlling Cell Size and Shape during Isotropic Cell Spreading, Biophysical Journal, vol.98, issue.10, pp.2136-2146, 2010.
DOI : 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.01.059
URL : http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2010.01.059

M. Kim, D. Neal, R. Kamm, and H. Asada, Dynamic Modeling of Cell Migration and Spreading Behaviors on Fibronectin Coated Planar Substrates and Micropatterned Geometries, PLoS Computational Biology, vol.10, issue.2, p.1002926, 2013.
DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002926.s015

D. Maugis, Adhesion of spheres: The JKR-DMT transition using a dugdale model, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol.150, issue.1, pp.243-269, 1992.
DOI : 10.1016/0021-9797(92)90285-T

K. Johnson and J. Greenwood, An Adhesion Map for the Contact of Elastic Spheres, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol.192, issue.2, pp.326-333, 1997.
DOI : 10.1006/jcis.1997.4984

K. Johnson, Adhesion and friction between a smooth elastic spherical asperity and a plane surface, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol.453, issue.1956, pp.163-179, 1997.
DOI : 10.1098/rspa.1997.0010

K. Johnson, K. Kendall, and A. Roberts, Surface Energy and the Contact of Elastic Solids, Proceedings of the royal society, pp.301-313, 1971.
DOI : 10.1098/rspa.1971.0141

E. Barthel, Adhesive elastic contacts: JKR and more, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol.41, issue.16, p.163001, 2008.
DOI : 10.1088/0022-3727/41/16/163001
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00256886

Y. Chu, S. Dufour, J. Thiery, E. Perez, and F. Pincet, Johnson-Kendall-Roberts Theory Applied to Living Cells, Physical Review Letters, vol.94, issue.2, p.28102, 2005.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.028102
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00009431

P. Van-liedekerke, E. Tijskens, H. Ramon, P. Ghysels, and G. Samaey, Particle-based model to simulate the micromechanics of biological cells, Physical Review E, vol.81, issue.6, pp.61906-61907, 2010.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.061906

G. Xu, DISCRETE LAPLACE???BELTRAMI OPERATOR ON SPHERE AND OPTIMAL SPHERICAL TRIANGULATIONS, International Journal of Computational Geometry & Applications, vol.16, issue.01, pp.75-93, 2006.
DOI : 10.1142/S0218195906001938

Y. Fung and P. Tong, Theory of the Sphering of Red Blood Cells, Biophysical Journal, vol.8, issue.2, pp.175-198, 1968.
DOI : 10.1016/S0006-3495(68)86484-7

M. Meyer, M. Desbrun, P. Schröder, and A. Barr, Discrete Differential-Geometry Operators for Triangulated 2-Manifolds, Visualization and Mathematics, vol.3, pp.35-57, 2002.
DOI : 10.1007/978-3-662-05105-4_2

G. Cowper, Gaussian quadrature formulas for triangles, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol.10, issue.3, pp.405-408, 1973.
DOI : 10.1002/nme.1620070316

L. Zhang, T. Cui, and H. Liu, A set of symmetric quadrature rules on triangles and tetrahedra, J Comput Math, vol.27, pp.89-96, 2009.

D. Discher, D. Boal, and S. Boey, Simulations of the Erythrocyte Cytoskeleton at Large Deformation. II. Micropipette Aspiration, Biophysical Journal, vol.75, issue.3, pp.1584-1597, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)74076-7

D. Boal and M. Rao, Topology changes in fluid membranes, Physical Review A, vol.46, issue.6, pp.3037-3045, 1992.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevA.46.3037

E. Purcell, Life at low Reynolds number, American Journal of Physics, vol.45, issue.1, pp.3-11, 1977.
DOI : 10.1119/1.10903

S. Hoehme and D. Drasdo, A single-cell-based model of tumor growth in vitro: monolayers and spheroids, Physical Biology, vol.2, pp.133-147, 2005.

J. Galle, M. Loeffler, and D. Drasdo, Modeling the Effect of Deregulated Proliferation and Apoptosis on the Growth Dynamics of Epithelial Cell Populations In Vitro, Biophysical Journal, vol.88, issue.1, pp.62-75, 2005.
DOI : 10.1529/biophysj.104.041459

I. Ramis-conde, M. Chaplain, A. Anderson, and D. Drasdo, Multi-scale modelling of cancer cell intravasation: the role of cadherins in metastasis, Physical Biology, vol.6, issue.1, p.16008, 2009.
DOI : 10.1088/1478-3975/6/1/016008

A. Krinner, M. Hoffmann, M. Loeffler, D. Drasdo, and J. Galle, Individual fates of mesenchymal stem cells in vitro, BMC Systems Biology, vol.4, issue.1, pp.1-9, 2010.
DOI : 10.1186/1752-0509-4-73
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00784436

S. Hoehme, M. Brulport, A. Bauer, E. Bedawy, and W. Schormann, Prediction and validation of cell alignment along microvessels as order principle to restore tissue architecture in liver regeneration, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol.107, issue.23, pp.10371-10376, 2010.
DOI : 10.1073/pnas.0909374107

E. Tijskens, H. Ramon, and J. Baerdemaeker, Discrete element modelling for process simulation in agriculture, Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol.266, issue.3, pp.493-514, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0022-460X(03)00581-9