Petri net based model of the body iron homeostasis

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 476-485

  Formanowicz, Dorota ^a   Sackmann, Andrea ^b   Formanowicz, Piotr ^b,c   Błazewicz, Jacek ^b,c  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Body iron stores; Erythropoiesis; Iron homeostasis; Modeling biochemical networks; Petri nets

Indexed keywords

IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETRI NETS;

BODY IRON STORES; ERYTHROPOIESIS; IRON HOMEOSTASIS; MODELING BIOCHEMICAL NETWORKS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; HEME; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; ERYTHROCYTE; HOMEOSTASIS AND REGULATION; INFLAMMATION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BALANCE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERYTHROCYTES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; IRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34548218237     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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