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Table 2 Sensitivity of feedback loop to changes in stochasticity parameters

From: The role of noise and positive feedback in the onset of autosomal dominant diseases

Trial

Expression level

Noise stdev

Time scale (days)

Penetrance

Mean onset

1b

50%

0.2

2

0.31

2.1/5.9

2

50%

0.5

2

0.94

22.1/20.4

3

50%

1.0

2

1.0

12.5/10.6

4

50%

0.2

5

0.91

21.9/21.8

5c

52.5%

0.5

2

0.20

6.1/18.7

6

52.5%

1.0

2

0.95

17.8/15.9

7d

52.5%

0.5

5

0.54

7.5/13.0

8

52.5%

1.0

5

1.0

22.0/18.5

9

55%

0.5

2

0.0

--

10

55%

0.5

5

0.0

--

11e

55%

1.0

2

0.34

8.8/19.2

12

55%

1.0

5

1.0

2.7/0.1

13f

60%

1.0

5

0.0

--

  1. Sensitivity of feedback loop 2.a to changes in stochasticity is illustrated here using 100-trial simulations. Expression level is such that 50% is at the critical level: slightly lower expression, with no noise, allows disease to deterministically occur all the time. 100 simulations for each set of conditions were run to compute a penetrance value. When no noise is present, the system is deterministic and no disease occurs as long as the base expression level is 50% or higher. When expression is 60% or higher, no disease occurs even with the highest level of random variation used in this study.