Boolean models of within-host immune interactions

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-381

  Thakar, Juilee ^a   Albert, Reka ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOLOGY; FUZZY SYSTEM; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPH NODE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77952888422     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.04.003     Document Type: Review

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