Towards a multiscale model of colorectal cancer

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1399-1407

  van Leeuwen, Ingeborg M M ^a   Edwards, Carina M ^b   Ilyas, Mohammad ^a   Byrne, Helen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APC mutations; Crypt fission; Intestinal epithelium; Mathematical modelling; Stem cell niche; Wnt signalling

Indexed keywords

WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYPT CELL; GENE MUTATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 34247366464     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i9.1399     Document Type: Article

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