Publications by authors named "R Ballweg"

Biological processes are dynamic. As a result, temporal analyses are necessary to fully understand the complex interactions that occurs within these systems. One example of a multifaceted biological process is restitution: the initial step in complex wound repair.

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  • Chemotherapy resistance poses a significant problem in cancer treatment, highlighting the need for effective combination therapies.
  • A computational model was developed to analyze the effects of combining cisplatin and TRAIL on cancer cell responses, discovering a potential "two-wave killing" effect that enhances cell death.
  • Machine learning methods used on the validated model helped identify key molecular sensitizers that can make tumor cells more responsive to cisplatin, paving the way for improved treatment strategies.
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During differentiation, intestinal stem cells (ISCs), a prototypical adult stem cell pool, become either secretory transit-amplifying cells, which give rise to all secretory cell types, or absorptive transit-amplifying cells, which give rise to enterocytes. These cells exhibit distinct cell cycle dynamics: ISCs cycle with a period of 24 h and absorptive transit-amplifying cells cycle with a period of ∼12 h, whereas secretory transit-amplifying cells arrest their cycle. The cell cycle dynamics of ISCs and their progeny are a systems-level property that emerges from interactions between the cell cycle control machinery and multiple regulatory pathways.

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