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ArticleThe Journal of chemical physics2008

Cell-to-cell communication: time and length scales of ligand internalization in cultures of suspended cells.

Alexander M Berezhkovskii, Mathieu Coppey, Stuart C Sealfon, Stanislav Shvartsman

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Article in The Journal of chemical physics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alexander M BerezhkovskiiMathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Division of Computational Bioscience, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
Mathieu Coppey
Stuart C Sealfon
Stanislav Shvartsman
Princeton University · USCenter for Information Technology · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

Modeling of kinetic processes in biological systemsZIACT000273 · CIT · CENTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY · PI BEREZHKOVSKII, ALEXANDER · 2009 to 2021
$2.1M
STUDIES IN MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICSZ01CT000024 · CIT · COMPUTER RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY · PI WEISS, GEORGE H · 1985 to 2008
$408k
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CT999999NIAID NIH HHS N01 AI050021PHS HHS HHSN266200500021C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A problem of cell-to-cell communication by diffusible ligands is analyzed for the case when cells are distributed in three dimensions and diffusible ligands are secreted by cells and reversibly bind to cell surface receptors. Following its binding to a receptor, the ligand can either dissociate and be released back in the medium or be absorbed by the cell in a process that is called internalization. Using an effective medium approximation, we derive analytical expressions that characterize the time and length scales associated with the ligand trajectories leading to internalization. We discuss the applicability of our approximation and illustrate the application of our results to a specific cellular system.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationCulture MediaEndocytosisCells, CulturedDiffusionLigandsModels, BiologicalReceptors, Cell SurfaceTime FactorsCulture MediaLigandsReceptors, Cell Surface

Identifiers

PMID18554059
PMCPMC2668923
OpenAlexW2088196347

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