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Network-based approaches to quantify multicellular development
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; Bassel GW
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Multicellularity and cellular cooperation confer novel functions on organs
following a structure-function relationship. How regulated cell migration,
division and differentiation events generate cellular arrangements has been
investigated, providing insight into the regulation of genetically encoded
patterning processes. Much less is known about the higher-order properties of
cellular organization within organs, and how their functional coordination
through global spatial relations shape and constrain organ function. Key
questions to be addressed include: why are cells organized in the way they are?
What is the significance of the patterns of cellular organization selected for by
evolution? What other configurations are possible? These may be addressed through
a combination of global cellular interaction mapping and network science to
uncover the relationship between organ structure and function. Using this
approach, global cellular organization can be discretized and analysed, providing
a quantitative framework to explore developmental processes. Each of the local
and global properties of integrated multicellular systems can be analysed and
compared across different tissues and models in discrete terms. Advances in
high-resolution microscopy and image analysis continue to make cellular
interaction mapping possible in an increasing variety of biological systems and
tissues, broadening the further potential application of this approach.
Understanding the higher-order properties of complex cellular assemblies provides
the opportunity to explore the evolution and constraints of cell organization,
establishing structure-function relationships that can guide future organ design.