HPV Clearance and the Neglected Role of Stochasticity
Fig 2
(A) T-cell elimination of an infected daughter cell (D*) triggers division of an S or S* cell with probabilities ps and ps*, respectively. The division event is identical to spontaneous division in Fig. 1B. (B) T-cell elimination of an infected stem cell S* triggers division of an S or S* cell. However, as required by homeostatic equilibrium of the stem cell compartment (on average), the division is assumed to yield two identical stem cells, see text for details.