Development of a two-dimensional agent-based model for chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy after stem cell transplantation

Bioinformatics

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2051-2056

  Galvão, Viviane ^a,b   Miranda, José Garcia Vivas ^c   Ribeiro dos Santos, Ricardo ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; KINETICS; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

MUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 51749108892     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btn362     Document Type: Article

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