Knee joint injury and repair modeled by membrane systems

BioSystems

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 473-488

  Franco, Giuditta ^a   Jonoska, Nataša ^b   Osborn, Barbara ^c   Plaas, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane computing; Modeling of biological processes; Reparative process of a knee injury

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; POLYMER;

BONE; INJURY; MODEL; POLYMER;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEALING; JOINT DEGENERATION; KNEE INJURY; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNOVIOCYTE; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 38949174955     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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