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Area of Science:

  • Statistical Physics
  • Biophysics
  • Cell Biology

Background:

  • Cell senescence is a significant biological process with telomere shortening (TS) as a key factor.
  • Understanding the microscopic mechanisms of TS is crucial for studying cell senescence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To model the microscopic mechanism of telomere shortening (TS) using nonequilibrium statistical physics.
  • To analyze the statistics related to critical telomere length and understand the timescale of cell senescence.

Main Methods:

  • Modeling TS as a molecular stochastic process and continuous time random walk.
  • Deriving the Fokker-Planck equation for TS length distribution.
  • Modifying the TS model using anomalous tempered diffusion and deriving the Feynman-Kac equation.

Main Results:

  • The Fokker-Planck equation describes the length distribution of telomere shortening.
  • The Feynman-Kac equation characterizes the functional distribution of the TS process.
  • Occupation time and first passage time statistics related to critical telomere length were studied.

Conclusions:

  • The developed models provide a microscopic understanding of telomere shortening.
  • Statistical analysis of critical telomere length offers insights into the timescale of cell senescence.
  • This work bridges statistical physics and cell biology to elucidate senescence mechanisms.