Characterizing emergent properties of immunological systems with multi-cellular rule-based computational modeling

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 589-599

  Chavali, Arvind K ^a   Gianchandani, Erwin P ^a   Tung, Kenneth S ^a   Lawrence, Michael B ^a   Peirce, Shayn M ^a   Papin, Jason A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AGENT BASED MODELING; ANTIGENICITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EFFECTOR CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; LIFE CYCLE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 56249123996     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2008.08.006     Document Type: Review

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