Abstract
When comparing the morphology and behavior of cells that are genetically nonidentical or subject to different environmental conditions, some phenotypic diversity can often be observed. However, even mammalian cells with the same functionality, isolated from the same tissue, or microbes in a clonal population may show a remarkable degree of cellular heterogeneity, which has long been underrated. Its true extent has only been revealed in the past decades through experimental advances in single-cell technologies like flow cytometry, microfluidics combined with time-lapse microscopy, and single-cell RNA sequencing.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Systems Medicine |
Subtitle of host publication | Integrative, Qualitative and Computational Approaches: Volume 1-3 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 34-44 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Volume | 1-3 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128160770 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780128160787 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2020 |
Keywords
- Cellular noise
- Chemical master equation
- Gene expression
- Phenotypic heterogeneity
- Single-cell models
- Stochastic models
- Virus infection