Explanatory Models DOI

Melinda Bonnie Fagan

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 54 - 80

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Abstract This chapter adapts insights from philosophical studies of scientific models and modeling into epistemic conditions for EP-explanations. Section 2.1 clarifies the sense “model” appropriate to author’s purposes, positioning this in relation existing philosophy science literature. 2.2 shows that meaning dovetails with explanatory particularist approach. The result is a thesis (EPM) interpreting EP terms models. 2.3 illustrates elaboration EP, its analytic inclusiveness, an extended case study: embryo stem cell research. complexity model–model relations diverse community. 2.4 builds on result, proposing general framework characterizing such relations. Later chapters put use. 2.5 concludes.

Язык: Английский

Controlling organoid symmetry breaking uncovers an excitable system underlying human axial elongation DOI Creative Commons
Giridhar M. Anand,

Heitor C. Megale,

Sean H. Murphy

и другие.

Cell, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 186(3), С. 497 - 512.e23

Опубликована: Янв. 18, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Controlling human organoid symmetry breaking reveals signaling gradients drive segmentation clock waves DOI Creative Commons
Yusuf Ilker Yaman, Sharad Ramanathan

Cell, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 186(3), С. 513 - 527.e19

Опубликована: Янв. 18, 2023

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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Technical challenges of studying early human development DOI Creative Commons
Peter J. Rugg‐Gunn, Naomi Moris, Patrick Tam

и другие.

Development, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 150(11)

Опубликована: Июнь 1, 2023

ABSTRACT Recent years have seen exciting progress across human embryo research, including new methods for culturing embryos, transcriptional profiling of embryogenesis and gastrulation, mapping lineage trajectories, experimenting on stem cell-based models. These advances are beginning to define the dynamical principles development stages, tissues organs, enabling a better understanding before birth in health disease, potentially leading improved treatments infertility developmental disorders. However, there still significant roadblocks en route this goal. Here, we highlight technical challenges studying early propose ways means overcome some these constraints.

Язык: Английский

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Sculpting with stem cells: how models of embryo development take shape DOI Creative Commons
Jesse V. Veenvliet, Pierre‐François Lenne, David A. Turner

и другие.

Development, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 148(24)

Опубликована: Дек. 15, 2021

ABSTRACT During embryogenesis, organisms acquire their shape given boundary conditions that impose geometrical, mechanical and biochemical constraints. A detailed integrative understanding how these morphogenetic information modules pattern the mammalian embryo is still lacking, mostly owing to inaccessibility of in vivo for direct observation manipulation. These impediments are circumvented by developmental engineering embryo-like structures (stembryos) from pluripotent stem cells easy access, track, manipulate scale. Here, we explain unlocking distinct levels architecture through controlled modulations cellular environment enables identification minimal sets inputs necessary embryo. We detail this can be complemented with precise measurements manipulations tissue biochemistry, mechanics geometry across spatial temporal scales provide insights into mechanochemical feedback loops governing morphogenesis. Finally, discuss how, even absence active manipulations, stembryos display intrinsic phenotypic variability leveraged define constraints ensure reproducible morphogenesis vivo.

Язык: Английский

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Acoustofluidic bioassembly induced morphogenesis for therapeutic tissue fabrication DOI Creative Commons
Byungjun Kang, Eunseon Jeong, Seung Yeop Han

и другие.

Nature Communications, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 16(1)

Опубликована: Май 5, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Signalling dynamics in embryonic development DOI Creative Commons
Katharina F. Sonnen, Claudia Y. Janda

Biochemical Journal, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 478(23), С. 4045 - 4070

Опубликована: Дек. 6, 2021

In multicellular organisms, cellular behaviour is tightly regulated to allow proper embryonic development and maintenance of adult tissue. A critical component in this control the communication between cells via signalling pathways, as errors intercellular can induce developmental defects or diseases such cancer. It has become clear over last years that not static but varies activity time. Feedback mechanisms present every pathway lead diverse dynamic phenotypes, transient activation, signal ramping oscillations, occurring a cell type- stage-dependent manner. cells, dynamics exert various functions organisms develop robust reproducible way. Here, we focus on Erk, Wnt Notch which are several tissue types including periodic segmentation vertebrate embryos, often dysregulated We will discuss how biochemical processes influence their these impact within systems.

Язык: Английский

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Studying evolution of the primary body axis in vivo and in vitro DOI Creative Commons
Kerim Anlaş, Vikas Trivedi

eLife, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 10

Опубликована: Авг. 31, 2021

The metazoan body plan is established during early embryogenesis via collective cell rearrangements and evolutionarily conserved gene networks, as part of a process commonly referred to gastrulation. While substantial progress has been achieved in terms characterizing the embryonic development several model organisms, underlying principles many patterning processes nevertheless remain enigmatic. Despite diversity (pre-)gastrulating embryo adult shapes across animal kingdom, axes, which are arguably most fundamental features, generally identical between phyla. Recently there renewed appreciation ex vivo vitro embryo-like systems events. Here, we briefly review key examples propose that similarities morphogenesis associated expression dynamics may reveal an developmental mode well provide further insights into role external or extraembryonic cues shaping embryo. In summary, argue can be employed inform previously uncharted aspects evolution rules.

Язык: Английский

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Synthetic developmental biology: Engineering approaches to guide multicellular organization DOI Creative Commons

Ibrahim Zarkesh,

Mohammad Kazemi Ashtiani,

Zahra Shiri

и другие.

Stem Cell Reports, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 17(4), С. 715 - 733

Опубликована: Март 10, 2022

Multicellular organisms of various complexities self-organize in nature. Organoids are vitro 3D structures that display important aspects the anatomy and physiology their vivo counterparts develop from pluripotent or tissue-specific stem cells through a self-organization process. In this review, we describe multidisciplinary concept "synthetic developmental biology" where engineering approaches employed to guide multicellular organization an experimental setting. We introduce novel classification based on extent microenvironmental manipulation applied organoids. final section, discuss how tools might help overcome current limitations organoid construction.

Язык: Английский

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Carnegie in 4D? Stem-cell-based models of human embryo development DOI
Berna Sözen,

Deniz Conkar,

Jesse V. Veenvliet

и другие.

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 131, С. 44 - 57

Опубликована: Июнь 11, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Mechanical control of tissue shape: Cell-extrinsic and -intrinsic mechanisms join forces to regulate morphogenesis DOI Creative Commons
Hélène Vignes, Christina Vagena-Pantoula,

Julien Vermot

и другие.

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 130, С. 45 - 55

Опубликована: Март 30, 2022

Язык: Английский

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