Markovian dynamics on complex reaction networks

J Goutsias, G Jenkinson - Physics reports, 2013 - Elsevier
Complex networks, comprised of individual elements that interact with each other through
reaction channels, are ubiquitous across many scientific and engineering disciplines …

Cooperativity in cellular biochemical processes: noise-enhanced sensitivity, fluctuating enzyme, bistability with nonlinear feedback, and other mechanisms for …

H Qian - Annual review of biophysics, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Cooperativity in classical biophysics originates from molecular interactions; nonlinear
feedbacks in biochemical networks regulate dynamics inside cells. Using stochastic reaction …

[HTML][HTML] Architecture-dependent noise discriminates functionally analogous differentiation circuits

T Çağatay, M Turcotte, MB Elowitz, J Garcia-Ojalvo… - Cell, 2009 - cell.com
Gene regulatory circuits with different architectures (patterns of regulatory interactions) can
generate similar dynamics. This raises the question of why a particular circuit architecture is …

Stabilizing effect of volatility in financial markets

D Valenti, G Fazio, B Spagnolo - Physical Review E, 2018 - APS
In financial markets, greater volatility is usually considered to be synonymous with greater
risk and instability. However, large market downturns and upturns are often preceded by …

[HTML][HTML] Computing with biological switches and clocks

N Dalchau, G Szép, R Hernansaiz-Ballesteros… - Natural computing, 2018 - Springer
The complex dynamics of biological systems is primarily driven by molecular interactions
that underpin the regulatory networks of cells. These networks typically contain positive and …

Mixed-mode oscillations and interspike interval statistics in the stochastic FitzHugh–Nagumo model

N Berglund, D Landon - Nonlinearity, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the stochastic FitzHugh–Nagumo equations, modelling the dynamics of neuronal
action potentials in parameter regimes characterized by mixed-mode oscillations. The …

Biological role of noise encoded in a genetic network motif

M Kittisopikul, GM Süel - Proceedings of the National …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Genetic circuits that regulate distinct cellular processes can differ in their wiring pattern of
interactions (architecture) and susceptibility to stochastic fluctuations (noise). Whether the …

[HTML][HTML] Transitions in a genetic transcriptional regulatory system under Lévy motion

Y Zheng, L Serdukova, J Duan, J Kurths - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Based on a stochastic differential equation model for a single genetic regulatory system, we
examine the dynamical effects of noisy fluctuations, arising in the synthesis reaction, on the …

A statistical approach reveals designs for the most robust stochastic gene oscillators

ML Woods, M Leon, R Perez-Carrasco… - ACS synthetic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The engineering of transcriptional networks presents many challenges due to the inherent
uncertainty in the system structure, changing cellular context, and stochasticity in the …

Demethylation and re-expression of epigenetically silenced tumor suppressor genes: sensitization of cancer cells by combination therapy

S Sarkar, S Goldgar, S Byler, S Rosenthal… - …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Epigenetic regulation in eukaryotic and mammalian systems is a complex and emerging
field of study. While histone modifications create an open chromatin conformation allowing …