A discrete computer model of the immune system reveals competitive interactions between the humoral and cellular branch and between cross-reacting memory and naïve responses

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 833-845

  Cheng, Yiming ^a   Ghersi, Dario ^a   Calcagno, Claudia ^a   Selin, Liisa K ^b   Puzone, Roberto ^c   Celada, Franco ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent based computer model; Cellular humoral response; Viral cross reactivity

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPUTER MODEL; CROSS REACTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; VIRUSES;

EID: 58249107138     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.11.109     Document Type: Article

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