TCM in innate immunity: A YinYang-N-Element hypothesis of the innate immunological system

Proceedings - 2009 International Joint Conference on Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and Intelligent Computing, IJCBS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 397-401

  Jaeger, Stefan ^a   Chen, Su Shing ^a   Zhang, Wen Ran ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunity; Systems biology; Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM); Wuxing; YinYang

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; ENERGY EQUILIBRIUM; ENERGY STATE; HUMAN ANATOMY; IMMUNITY SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEMS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MULTI-ELEMENT SYSTEMS; NETWORK STRUCTURES; TCM (TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE); TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE;

BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INTELLIGENT COMPUTING; MEDICINE; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 70450174894     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IJCBS.2009.91     Document Type: Conference Paper

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