How affinity influences tolerance in an idiotypic network

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 422-436

  Hart, Emma ^a   Bersini, Hugues ^b   Santos, Francisco C ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Affinity functions; Complex networks; Idiotypic immune networks

Indexed keywords

IDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; COMPLEXITY; CONNECTIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; TOLERANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN IDIOTYPES; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL;

EID: 35848937774     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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