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细胞群体中生化网络参数分布的估计

Estimation of biochemical network parameter distributions in cell populations

Steffen Waldherr, Jan Hasenauer, Frank Allgöwer

摘要:

异质细胞群体在许多生物系统中起着重要作用。在本文中,我们考虑的系统中,每个细胞可以模拟一个常微分方程。为了解释异质性,参数值在各个单元格之间是不同的,服从作为模型规格的一部分的分布函数。异质细胞群的实验数据可以从流式细胞荧光显微镜获得。我们提出了一个启发式的方法来使用这些数据估计的参数分布的人口。该方法是基于在参数空间中生成样本的模拟数据。通过凸优化,计算出这些样本的合适的概率密度函数。为了评估所提出的方法,我们认为人工数据从一个简单的模型的肿瘤坏死因子(TNF)信号通路。其主要特征是TNF应答的双峰性:一定比例的细胞在刺激后发生凋亡,而其余部分保持存活。我们展示了我们的建模方法如何识别差异响应的原因。

英文摘要:

Populations of heterogeneous cells play an important role in many biological systems. In this paper we consider systems where each cell can be modelled by an ordinary differential equation. To account for heterogeneity, parameter values are different among individual cells, subject to a distribution function which is part of the model specification. Experimental data for heterogeneous cell populations can be obtained from flow cytometric fluorescence microscopy. We present a heuristic approach to use such data for estimation of the parameter distribution in the population. The approach is based on generating simulation data for samples in parameter space. By convex optimisation, a suitable probability density function for these samples is computed. To evaluate the proposed approach, we consider artificial data from a simple model of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) signalling pathway. Its main characteristic is a bimodality in the TNF response: a certain percentage of cells undergoes apoptosis upon stimulation, while the remaining part stays alive. We show how our modelling approach allows to identify the reasons that underly the differential response.

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