Deterministic mechanical model of T-killer cell polarization reproduces the wandering of aim between simultaneously engaged targets

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kim, Munju ^a   Maly, Ivan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; POLARIZATION; VIRUSES;

CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARIZATION; CELL-BE; CELL-CELL INTERACTION; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; DETERMINISTICS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MECHANICAL MODELING; TARGET CELLS;

T-CELLS;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; KILLER CELL; OSCILLATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL JUNCTION; CENTROSOME; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ANIMALS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS;

EID: 59149091047     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000260     Document Type: Article

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