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Unraveling the role of exercise in cancer suppression: insights from a mathematical model. 揭示运动在抑制癌症中的作用：数学模型的启示

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Physical biology Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ad899d

Jay Taylor, T Bagarti, Niraj Kumar

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An exactly solvable model for RNA polymerase during the elongation stage. 延伸阶段 RNA 聚合酶的精确可解模型

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Physical biology Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ad899e

Ngo P N Ngoc, Vladimir Belitsky, Gunter M Schütz

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A theoretical framework for predicting the heterogeneous stiffness map of brain white matter tissue. 预测大脑白质组织异质硬度图的理论框架

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Physical biology Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ad88e4

Poorya Chavoshnejad, Guangfa Li, Akbar Solhtalab, Dehao Liu, Mir Jalil Razavi

{"title":"A theoretical framework for predicting the heterogeneous stiffness map of brain white matter tissue.","authors":"Poorya Chavoshnejad, Guangfa Li, Akbar Solhtalab, Dehao Liu, Mir Jalil Razavi","doi":"10.1088/1478-3975/ad88e4","DOIUrl":"10.1088/1478-3975/ad88e4","url":null,"abstract":"Finding the stiffness map of biological tissues is of great importance in evaluating their healthy or pathological conditions. However, due to the heterogeneity and anisotropy of biological fibrous tissues, this task presents challenges and significant uncertainty when characterized only by single-mode loading experiments. In this study, we propose a new theoretical framework to map the stiffness landscape of fibrous tissues, specifically focusing on brain white matter tissue. Initially, a finite element (FE) model of the fibrous tissue was subjected to six loading cases, and their corresponding stress-strain curves were characterized. By employing multiobjective optimization, the material constants of an equivalent anisotropic material model were inversely extracted to best fit all six loading modes simultaneously. Subsequently, large-scale FE simulations were conducted, incorporating various fiber volume fractions and orientations, to train a convolutional neural network capable of predicting the equivalent anisotropic material properties solely based on the fibrous architecture of any given tissue. The proposed method, leveraging brain fiber tractography, was applied to a localized volume of white matter, demonstrating its effectiveness in precisely mapping the anisotropic behavior of fibrous tissue. In the long-term, the proposed method may find applications in traumatic brain injury, brain folding studies, and neurodegenerative diseases, where accurately capturing the material behavior of the tissue is crucial for simulations and experiments.","PeriodicalId":20207,"journal":{"name":"Physical biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142472872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Variability in individual native fibrin fiber mechanics. 单个原生纤维蛋白纤维力学的变异性

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Physical biology Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ad899f

Christine C Helms

{"title":"Variability in individual native fibrin fiber mechanics.","authors":"Christine C Helms","doi":"10.1088/1478-3975/ad899f","DOIUrl":"10.1088/1478-3975/ad899f","url":null,"abstract":"Fibrin fibers are important structural elements in blood coagulation. They form a mesh network that acts as a scaffold and imparts mechanical strength to the clot. A review of published work measuring the mechanics of fibrin fibers reveals a range of values for fiber extensibility. This study investigates fibrinogen concentration as a variable responsible for variability in fibrin mechanics. It expands previous work to describe the modulus, strain hardening, extensibility, and the force required for fiber failure when fibers are formed with different fibrinogen concentrations using lateral force atomic force microscopy. Analysis of the mechanical properties showed fibers formed from 1 mg ml-1and 2 mg ml-1fibrinogen had significantly different mechanical properties. To help clarify our findings we developed two behavior profiles to describe individual fiber mechanics. The first describes a fiber with low initial modulus and high extensible, that undergoes significant strain hardening, and has moderate strength. Most fibers formed with 1 mg ml-1fibrinogen had this behavior profile. The second profile describes a fiber with a high initial modulus, minimal strain hardening, high strength, and low extensibility. Most fibrin fibers formed with 2 mg ml-1fibrinogen were described by this second profile. In conclusion, we see a range of behaviors from fibers formed from native fibrinogen molecules but various fibrinogen concentrations. Potential differences in fiber formation are investigated with SEM. It is likely this range of behaviors also occursin vivo. Understanding the variability in mechanical properties could contribute to a deeper understanding of pathophysiology of coagulative disorders.","PeriodicalId":20207,"journal":{"name":"Physical biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142472875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Low shear-induced fibrillar fibronectin: comparative analyses of morphologies and cellular effects on bovine aortic endothelial cell adhesion and proliferation. 低剪切力诱导的纤连蛋白：对牛主动脉内皮细胞粘附和增殖的形态和细胞效应的比较分析。

IF 2 4区生物学

Physical biology Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ad838c

Hoang-Nghi Mai-Thi, Dang Phu-Hai Nguyen, Phong Le, Ngoc Quyen Tran, Cam Tu Tran, Volker R Stoldt, Khon Huynh

{"title":"Low shear-induced fibrillar fibronectin: comparative analyses of morphologies and cellular effects on bovine aortic endothelial cell adhesion and proliferation.","authors":"Hoang-Nghi Mai-Thi, Dang Phu-Hai Nguyen, Phong Le, Ngoc Quyen Tran, Cam Tu Tran, Volker R Stoldt, Khon Huynh","doi":"10.1088/1478-3975/ad838c","DOIUrl":"10.1088/1478-3975/ad838c","url":null,"abstract":"Wall shear stress (WSS) is a critical factor in vascular biology, and both high and low WSS are implicated in atherosclerosis. Fibronectin (FN) is a key extracellular matrix protein that plays an important role in cell activities. Under high shear stress, plasma FN undergoes fibrillogenesis; however, its behavior under low shear stress remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the formation ofin vitrocell-free fibrillar FN (FFN) under low shear rate conditions and its effect on bovine aortic endothelial cell behavior. FN (500µg ml-1) was perfused through slide chambers at three flow rates (0.16 ml h-1, 0.25 ml h-1, and 0.48 ml h-1), corresponding to low shear rates of 0.35 s-1, 0.55 s-1, and 1.05 s-1, respectively, for 4 h at room temperature. The formed FN matrices were observed using fluorescence microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Under low shear rates, distinct FN matrix structures were observed. FFN0.48 formed immense fibrils with smooth surfaces, FFN0.25 formed a matrix with a rough surface, and FFN16 exhibited nodular structures. FFN0.25 supported cell activities to a greater extent than native FN and other FFN surfaces. Our study suggests that abnormally low shear conditions impact FN structure and function and enhance the understanding of FN fibrillogenesis in vascular biology, particularly in atherosclerosis.","PeriodicalId":20207,"journal":{"name":"Physical biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142375818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring sperm cell rheotaxis in microfluidic channel: the role of flow and viscosity. 探索微流控通道中精子细胞的流变性：流动和粘度的作用

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Physical biology Pub Date : 2024-09-24 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ad7b1a

Dhiraj B Puri, Paul Jacob, Vadiraj Hemadri, Arnab Banerjee, Siddhartha Tripathi

{"title":"Exploring sperm cell rheotaxis in microfluidic channel: the role of flow and viscosity.","authors":"Dhiraj B Puri, Paul Jacob, Vadiraj Hemadri, Arnab Banerjee, Siddhartha Tripathi","doi":"10.1088/1478-3975/ad7b1a","DOIUrl":"10.1088/1478-3975/ad7b1a","url":null,"abstract":"Rheotaxis is a fundamental mechanism of sperm cells that guides them in navigating towards the oocyte. The present study investigates the phenomenon of sperm rheotaxis in Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid media, which for the first time explores a viscosity range equivalent to that of the oviductal fluid of the female reproductive tract in rectilinear microfluidic channels. Three parameters, the progressive velocity while performing rheotaxis, the radius of rotation during rheotaxis, and the percentage of rheotactic sperm cells in the bulk and near-wall regions of the microfluidic channel were measured. Numerical simulations of the flow were conducted to estimate the shear rate, flow velocity, and the drag force acting on the sperm head at specific locations where the sperms undergo rheotaxis. Increasing the flow velocity resulted in a change in the position of rheotactic sperm from the bulk center to the near wall region, an increase and subsequent decrease in the sperm's upstream progressive velocity, and a decrease in the radius of rotation. We observed that with an increase in viscosity, rheotactic sperms migrate to the near wall regions at lower flow rates, the upstream progressive velocity of the sperm decreases for Newtonian and increases for non-Newtonian media, and the radius of rotation increases for Newtonian and decreases for non-Newtonian media. These results quantify the effects of fluid properties such as viscosity and flow rate on sperm rheotaxis and navigation, thereby paving the way for manipulating sperm behavior in microfluidic devices, potentially leading to advancements in assisted reproduction techniques.","PeriodicalId":20207,"journal":{"name":"Physical biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142293605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Application of coincidence index in the discovery of co-expressed metabolic pathways. 共现指数在发现共表达代谢途径中的应用

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Physical biology Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ad68b6

João Paulo Cassucci Dos Santos, Odemir Martinez Bruno

{"title":"Application of coincidence index in the discovery of co-expressed metabolic pathways.","authors":"João Paulo Cassucci Dos Santos, Odemir Martinez Bruno","doi":"10.1088/1478-3975/ad68b6","DOIUrl":"10.1088/1478-3975/ad68b6","url":null,"abstract":"Analyzing transcription data requires intensive statistical analysis to obtain useful biological information and knowledge. A significant portion of this data is affected by random noise or even noise intrinsic to the modeling of the experiment. Without robust treatment, the data might not be explored thoroughly, and incorrect conclusions could be drawn. Examining the correlation between gene expression profiles is one way bioinformaticians extract information from transcriptomic experiments. However, the correlation measurements traditionally used have worrisome shortcomings that need to be addressed. This paper compares five already published and experimented-with correlation measurements to the newly developed coincidence index, a similarity measurement that combines Jaccard and interiority indexes and generalizes them to be applied to vectors containing real values. We used microarray and RNA-Seq data from the archaeonHalobacterium salinarumand the bacteriumEscherichia coli, respectively, to evaluate the capacity of each correlation/similarity measurement. The utilized method explores the co-expressed metabolic pathways by measuring the correlations between the expression levels of enzymes that share metabolites, represented in the form of a weighted graph. It then searches for local maxima in this graph using a simulated annealing algorithm. We demonstrate that the coincidence index extracts larger, more comprehensive, and more statistically significant pathways for microarray experiments. In RNA-Seq experiments, the results are more limited, but the coincidence index managed the largest percentage of significant components in the graph.","PeriodicalId":20207,"journal":{"name":"Physical biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141793171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Design principles of multi-map variation in biological systems. 生物系统中多图谱变异的设计原理。

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Physical biology Pub Date : 2024-07-10 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ad5d6c

Juan F Poyatos

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Instabilities and self-organization in spatiotemporal epidemic dynamics driven by nonlinearity and noise. 非线性和噪声驱动的时空流行动力学中的不稳定性和自组织。

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Physical biology Pub Date : 2024-07-10 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ad5d6a

Aman Kumar Singh, Subramanian Ramakrishnan, Manish Kumar

{"title":"Instabilities and self-organization in spatiotemporal epidemic dynamics driven by nonlinearity and noise.","authors":"Aman Kumar Singh, Subramanian Ramakrishnan, Manish Kumar","doi":"10.1088/1478-3975/ad5d6a","DOIUrl":"10.1088/1478-3975/ad5d6a","url":null,"abstract":"Theoretical analysis of epidemic dynamics has attracted significant attention in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, we study dynamic instabilities in a spatiotemporal compartmental epidemic model represented by a stochastic system of coupled partial differential equations (SPDE). Saturation effects in infection spread-anchored in physical considerations-lead to strong nonlinearities in the SPDE. Our goal is to study the onset of dynamic, Turing-type instabilities, and the concomitant emergence of steady-state patterns under the interplay between three critical model parameters-the saturation parameter, the noise intensity, and the transmission rate. Employing a second-order perturbation analysis to investigate stability, we uncover both diffusion-driven and noise-induced instabilities and corresponding self-organized distinct patterns of infection spread in the steady state. We also analyze the effects of the saturation parameter and the transmission rate on the instabilities and the pattern formation. In summary, our results indicate that the nuanced interplay between the three parameters considered has a profound effect on the emergence of dynamical instabilities and therefore on pattern formation in the steady state. Moreover, due to the central role played by the Turing phenomenon in pattern formation in a variety of biological dynamic systems, the results are expected to have broader significance beyond epidemic dynamics.","PeriodicalId":20207,"journal":{"name":"Physical biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141470356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Tradeoffs in the design of RNA thermometers. RNA 温度计设计中的取舍。

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Physical biology Pub Date : 2024-07-10 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ad5d6b

Krishan Kumar Gola, Abhilash Patel, Shaunak Sen

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