Travelling Waves of Cell Differentiation.
Acta Biotheor
; 63(4): 381-95, 2015 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-26141967
ABSTRACT
The paper is devoted to modelling of cell differentiation in an initially homogeneous cell population. The mechanism which provides coexistence of two cell lineages in the initially homogeneous cell population is suggested. If cell differentiation is initiated locally in space in the population of undifferentiated cells, it can propagate as a travelling wave converting undifferentiated cells into differentiated ones. We suggest a model of this process which takes into account intracellular regulation, extracellular regulation and different cell types. They include undifferentiated cells and two types of differentiated cells. When a cell differentiates, its choice between two types of differentiated cells is determined by the concentrations of intracellular proteins. Differentiated cells can either stimulate differentiation into their own cell lineage or into another cell lineage. In the case of the positive feedback, only one lineage of differentiated cells will finally appear. In the case of negative feedback, both of them can coexist. In this case a periodic spatial pattern emerges behind the wave.
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Assunto principal:
Diferenciação Celular
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Fenômenos Fisiológicos Celulares
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Modelos Biológicos
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Animals
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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