An ODE model of early stages of atherosclerosis: Mechanisms of the inflammatory response

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1534-1561

  Ougrinovskaia, Anna ^a   Thompson, Rosemary S ^a   Myerscough, Mary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Dynamical system; Inflammatory response; Macrophages; ODE model

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INTIMA; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAM CELLS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 77955171002     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-010-9509-4     Document Type: Article

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