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From Ion Fluxes in Living Cells to Metabolic Power Considerations

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  • Umberto Lucia

    (Dipartimento Energia “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare—Sezione di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy)

  • Giulia Grisolia

    (Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy)

Abstract

Recently, the role of thermal resonance has been highlighted in living cells. As a consequence of this approach, the electrochemical potential was obtained in a partial differential equation concerning the cell membrane depth and its external temperature surface. In this paper, this last equation is studied and its solution’s consequences are discussed concerning the cells’ ion fluxes and their related entropy variation and power generation. Moreover, the metabolic power of the whole body is evaluated by using these previous numerical results.

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  • Umberto Lucia & Giulia Grisolia, 2023. "From Ion Fluxes in Living Cells to Metabolic Power Considerations," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-6, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:11:y:2023:i:12:p:2645-:d:1167930
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