{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["109(21)"],"submitter":["Hart Y"],"pubmed_abstract":["Biological systems display complex networks of interactions both at the level of molecules inside the cell and at the level of interactions between cells. Networks of interacting molecules, such as transcription networks, have been shown to be composed of recurring circuits called network motifs, each with specific dynamical functions. Much less is known about the possibility of such circuit analysis in networks made of communicating cells. Here, we study models of circuits in which a few cell types interact by means of signaling molecules. We consider circuits of cells with architectures that seem to recur in immunology. An intriguing feature of these circuits is their use of signaling molecules with a pleiotropic or paradoxical role, such as cytokines that increase both cell growth and c"],"journal":["Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America"],"pagination":["8346-51"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3361385"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Design principles of cell circuits with paradoxical components."],"pmcid":["PMC3361385"],"pubmed_authors":["Antebi YE","Mayo AE","Hart Y","Friedman N","Alon U"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Design principles of cell circuits with paradoxical components.","description":"Biological systems display complex networks of interactions both at the level of molecules inside the cell and at the level of interactions between cells. Networks of interacting molecules, such as transcription networks, have been shown to be composed of recurring circuits called network motifs, each with specific dynamical functions. Much less is known about the possibility of such circuit analysis in networks made of communicating cells. Here, we study models of circuits in which a few cell types interact by means of signaling molecules. We consider circuits of cells with architectures that seem to recur in immunology. An intriguing feature of these circuits is their use of signaling molecules with a pleiotropic or paradoxical role, such as cytokines that increase both cell growth and c","dates":{"release":"2012-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2012 May","modification":"2025-04-04T22:47:23.754Z","creation":"2019-03-27T00:53:54Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC3361385","cross_references":{"pubmed":["22562798"],"doi":["10.1073/pnas.1117475109"]}}