Implementation of a regulatory gene network to simulate the TH1/2 differentiation in an agent-based model of hypersensitivity reactions

Bioinformatics

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1374-1380

  Santoni, Daniele ^a,b   Pedicini, Marco ^a   Castiglione, Filippo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED KINASE; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 44349185622     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btn135     Document Type: Article

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