Landscape and flux theory of non-equilibrium dynamical systems with application to biology

J Wang - Advances in Physics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We present a review of the recently developed landscape and flux theory for non-equilibrium
dynamical systems. We point out that the global natures of the associated dynamics for non …

Unraveling non-genetic heterogeneity in cancer with dynamical models and computational tools

M Pillai, E Hojel, MK Jolly, Y Goyal - Nature Computational Science, 2023 - nature.com
Individual cells within an otherwise genetically homogenous population constantly undergo
fluctuations in their molecular state, giving rise to non-genetic heterogeneity. Such diversity …

MicroRNA-based regulation of epithelial–hybrid–mesenchymal fate determination

M Lu, MK Jolly, H Levine… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Forward and backward transitions between epithelial and mesenchymal phenotypes play
crucial roles in embryonic development and tissue repair. Aberrantly regulated transitions …

Modeling the genetic regulation of cancer metabolism: interplay between glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation

L Yu, M Lu, D Jia, J Ma, E Ben-Jacob, H Levine… - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
Abnormal metabolism is a hallmark of cancer, yet its regulation remains poorly understood.
Cancer cells were considered to utilize primarily glycolysis for ATP production, referred to as …

An Ovol2-Zeb1 mutual inhibitory circuit governs bidirectional and multi-step transition between epithelial and mesenchymal states

T Hong, K Watanabe, CH Ta… - PLoS computational …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Reversible epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is central to tissue development,
epithelial stemness, and cancer metastasis. While many regulatory elements have been …

Interrogating the topological robustness of gene regulatory circuits by randomization

B Huang, M Lu, D Jia, E Ben-Jacob… - PLoS computational …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
One of the most important roles of cells is performing their cellular tasks properly for survival.
Cells usually achieve robust functionality, for example, cell-fate decision-making and signal …

Towards elucidating the connection between epithelial–mesenchymal transitions and stemness

MK Jolly, B Huang, M Lu, SA Mani… - Journal of The …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Epithelial cells undergoing epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions have often been shown to
behave as cancer stem cells, but the precise molecular connection remains elusive. At the …

Jagged–Delta asymmetry in Notch signaling can give rise to a Sender/Receiver hybrid phenotype

M Boareto, MK Jolly, M Lu… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Notch signaling pathway mediates cell-fate determination during embryonic development,
wound healing, and tumorigenesis. This pathway is activated when the ligand Delta or the …

[HTML][HTML] OVOL guides the epithelial-hybrid-mesenchymal transition

D Jia, MK Jolly, M Boareto, P Parsana, SM Mooney… - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Metastasis involves multiple cycles of Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) and its
reverse-MET. Cells can also undergo partial transitions to attain a hybrid epithelial …

A possible role for epigenetic feedback regulation in the dynamics of the epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT)

W Jia, A Deshmukh, SA Mani, MK Jolly… - Physical biology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) often plays a critical role in cancer metastasis
and chemoresistance, and decoding its dynamics is crucial to design effective therapeutics …