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Statistical dynamics of spatial-order formation by communicating cells
Communicating cells can coordinate their gene expressions to form spatial
patterns. 'Secrete-and-sense cells' secrete and sense the same molecule to do
so and are ubiquitous. Here we address why and how these cells, from disordered
beginnings, can form spatial order through a statistical mechanics-type
framework for cellular communication. Classifying cellular lattices by
'macrostate' variables - 'spatial order paramete' and average gene-expression
level - reveals a conceptual picture: cellular lattices act as particles
rolling down on 'pseudo-energy landscapes' shaped by a 'Hamiltonian' for
cellular communication. Particles rolling down represent cells' spatial order
increasing. Particles trapped on the landscapes represent metastable spatial
configurations. The gradient of the Hamiltonian and a 'trapping probability'
determine the particle's equation of motion. This framework is extendable to
more complex forms of cellular communication
Nonautonomous fractional problems with exponential growth
We study a class of nonlinear non-autonomous nonlocal equations with
subcritical and critical exponential nonlinearity. The involved potential can
vanish at infinity.Comment: 12 page
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