Computing the threshold of the influence of intercellular nanotubes on cell-to-cell communication integrity
Dragutin T. Mihailović,
Vladimir R. Kostić,
Igor Balaž and
Darko Kapor
Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2016, vol. 91, issue C, 174-179
Abstract:
We explore how the biochemical substance exchange through tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) affects the functional stability of a multicellular system. We focus on two questions: whether TNTs can either stabilize or destabilize intercellular communication governed by gap junctions (GJs)? and how to determine the threshold at which influence of TNTs destabilize GJ-mediated communication? The goal of this article is to introduce the way in which the concept of pseudospectra can be used to provide the answers.
Keywords: Nanotubes; Gap junctions; Pseudospectrum; Stability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2016.06.001
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