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October  2014, 19(8): 2697-2707. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2014.19.2697

The meaning of sensitivity functions in signaling pathways analysis

Jaroslaw Smieja 1, , Malgorzata Kardynska 2, and  Arkadiusz Jamroz 2,

1. 

Institute of Automatic Control, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, 44-101 Gliwice
2. 

Institute of Automatic Control, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland, Poland

Received  November 2013 Revised  May 2014 Published  August 2014

The paper deals with local sensitivity analysis of signaling pathway models, based on sensitivity functions. Though the methods are well known, their application to various models is always based on the assumption that the output of the system whose sensitivity is analyzed is given by absolute quantitative data. In signaling pathways models, however, this data is always normalized. In this paper we show what are the implications of the way the signaling pathways models are built for the interpretation of sensitivity functions and parameter rankings based on them. The reasoning is illustrated using simple first- and second order systems as well as an example of a simple regulatory module.
Keywords: Signaling pathways, parameter ranking., frequency-domain analysis, sensitivity analysis, Fano factor.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 92C40, 92C45, 93B35; Secondary: 65C0.
Citation: Jaroslaw Smieja, Malgorzata Kardynska, Arkadiusz Jamroz. The meaning of sensitivity functions in signaling pathways analysis. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - B, 2014, 19 (8) : 2697-2707. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2014.19.2697
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