Regulation of stem cell dynamics through volume exclusion

R García-Tejera, L Schumacher… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The maintenance and regeneration of adult tissues rely on the self-renewal of stem cells.
Regeneration without over-proliferation requires precise regulation of the stem cell …

Competition for stem cell fate determinants as a mechanism for tissue homeostasis

DJ Jörg, Y Kitadate, S Yoshida, BD Simons - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2019 - arxiv.org
Stem cells maintain tissues by generating differentiated cell types while simultaneously self-
renewing their own population. The mechanisms that allow stem cell populations to function …

Stem cell lineage survival as a noisy competition for niche access

B Corominas-Murtra, CLGJ Scheele… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding to what extent stem cell potential is a cell-intrinsic property or an emergent
behavior coming from global tissue dynamics and geometry is a key outstanding question of …

Mathematical model of adult stem cell regeneration with cross-talk between genetic and epigenetic regulation

J Lei, SA Levin, Q Nie - Proceedings of the National …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Adult stem cells, which exist throughout the body, multiply by cell division to replenish dying
cells or to promote regeneration to repair damaged tissues. To perform these functions …

Homeostatic regulation of renewing tissue cell populations via crowding control: stability, robustness and quasi-dedifferentiation

C Parigini, P Greulich - Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2024 - Springer
To maintain renewing epithelial tissues in a healthy, homeostatic state, cell divisions and
differentiation need to be tightly regulated. Mechanisms of homeostatic regulation often rely …

Concise review: stem cell population biology: insights from hematopoiesis

AL MacLean, C Lo Celso, MPH Stumpf - Stem Cells, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Stem cells are fundamental to human life and offer great therapeutic potential, yet their
biology remains incompletely—or in cases even poorly—understood. The field of stem cell …

Cell-size distribution in epithelial tissue formation and homeostasis

A Puliafito, L Primo, A Celani - Journal of The Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
How cell growth and proliferation are orchestrated in living tissues to achieve a given
biological function is a central problem in biology. During development, tissue regeneration …

Robustness of differentiation cascades with symmetric stem cell division

D Sánchez-Taltavull, T Alarcón - Journal of The Royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Stem cells (SCs) perform the task of maintaining tissue homeostasis by both self-renewal
and differentiation. While it has been argued that SCs divide asymmetrically, there is also …

Dynamic heterogeneity as a strategy of stem cell self-renewal

P Greulich, BD Simons - Proceedings of the National …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
To maintain cycling adult tissue in homeostasis the balance between proliferation and
differentiation of stem cells needs to be precisely regulated. To investigate how stem cells …

Stochasticity and spatial interaction govern stem cell differentiation dynamics

Q Smith, E Stukalin, S Kusuma, S Gerecht, SX Sun - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Stem cell differentiation underlies many fundamental processes such as development,
tissue growth and regeneration, as well as disease progression. Understanding how stem …