Published May 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

A feedback control perspective on models of apoptosis signal transduction

  • 1. School of Mathematics, The University of Manchester, Manchester, England (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Institut Montefiore) and GIGA (Interdisciplinary Cluster for Applied Geno-proteomics), Université de Liège (Belgium)
  • 3. Division of Developmental Biology, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens (Greece)
  • 4. Hamilton Institute, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth (Ireland)

Description

Apoptosis is a key regulator for replacing unused, old and damaged cells. Here we analyse three models of apoptosis. We deconstruct these models by linearising the models about the life steady state and applying methods from linear control theory. This control viewpoint uncovers a decentralised control scheme with a clear separation of plant and controller and reveals that the caspase inhibitors act as decentralised phase lead controllers

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2013.01.009

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.chaos.2013.01.009;
PII
S0960-0779(13)00013-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chaos, Solitons and Fractals
Journal Volume
50
Journal Page Range
p. 93-99
ISSN
0960-0779

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45052719
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
APOPTOSIS; CONTROL THEORY; DAMAGE; FEEDBACK; SIGNALS; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS

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