| Literature DB >> 17720734 |
Mathieu Coppey1, Alexander M Berezhkovskii, Stuart C Sealfon, Stanislav Y Shvartsman.
Abstract
A model of autocrine signaling in cultures of suspended cells is developed on the basis of the effective medium approximation. The fraction of autocrine ligands, the mean and distribution of distances traveled by paracrine ligands before binding, as well as the mean and distribution of the ligand lifetime are derived. Interferon signaling by dendritic immune cells is considered as an illustration.Mesh:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17720734 PMCID: PMC1959539 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.109736
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033