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Sean P Stromberg1, Rustom Antia, Ilya Nemenman

  • 1Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. stromberg@physics.ucsb.edu

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This study introduces novel population-expression models that integrate immune cell expansion and differentiation. These models offer a unified systems biology approach for understanding immune responses to pathogens.

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Area of Science:

  • Immunology
  • Mathematical Biology
  • Systems Biology

Background:

  • Immune responses involve pathogen-specific cell expansion and differentiation from naive to effector and memory phenotypes.
  • Traditionally, population expansion and single-cell differentiation are modeled independently using ecological and systems biology approaches, respectively.
  • Recent advances enable coupling population and high-dimensional expression data in immune cells.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and describe population-expression models integrating immune cell population dynamics and differentiation.
  • To apply systems biology principles to the multicellular level of immune responses.
  • To provide a framework for analyzing coupled population and expression data.

Main Methods:

  • Developed population-expression models that integrate cell population expansion and differentiation.
  • Formulated these models as non-conservative, non-local advection-diffusion equations.
  • Utilized model reduction techniques to simplify complexity while retaining essential features.

Main Results:

  • The population-expression models successfully integrate population and expression data for immune cells.
  • Demonstrated scenarios where this integrated approach yields correct inferences, unlike traditional models.
  • Showcased the utility of model reduction for creating parsimonious yet effective models.

Conclusions:

  • Population-expression models offer a powerful, unified approach to studying immune responses.
  • This framework advances systems biology by linking population dynamics with single-cell expression data.
  • The developed models and techniques have broad applicability beyond immunology.