Variable renewal rate and growth properties of cell populations in colon crypts
Variable renewal rate and growth properties of cell populations in colon crypts
A nonlinear mathematical model is used to investigate the time evolution of the cell populations in colon crypts (stem, semidifferentiated and fully differentiated cells). To mimic pathological alteration of the biochemical pathways leading to abnormal proliferative activity of the population of semidifferentiated cells their renewal rate is assumed to be …