Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 5, 2026

A Data-Driven Approach to Quantifying Immune States in Sepsis
Published on: February 7, 2025
Scale-free dynamics of somatic adaptability in immune system
1Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Abstract:
The long-time dynamics of somatic adaptability in immune system is simulated by a simple physical model defined in the shape space. The immune system described by the model exhibits a scale free behavior as is observed in living systems. The balance between the positive and negative feedbacks of the model leads to a robust immune system where the positive one corresponds to the formation of memory cells and the negative one to immunosuppression. Also the immunosenescence of the system is discussed based on the time-dependence of the epigenetic landscape of the adaptive immune cells in the shape space.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
Adaptability of Cytoskeletal Filaments
Natural Selection and Adaptation
Beyond physical adaptations, psychological...
Adaptive Mechanisms in Cancer Cells
Some of the advantages that cancer cells have on normal cells include - enhanced ability to divide without terminally differentiating, induce new blood vessel formation,...
Adaptive Mechanisms in Cancer Cells
Some of the advantages that cancer cells have on normal cells include - enhanced ability to divide without terminally differentiating, induce new blood vessel formation,...
Cellular Adaptation I: Introduction and Atrophy
Transduction

