Non-local models for the formation of hepatocyte-stellate cell aggregates

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-120

  Green, J E F ^a,b   Waters, S L ^b,c   Whiteley, J P ^c   Edelstein Keshet, L ^d   Shakesheff, K M ^b   Byrne, H M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell aggregation; Chemotaxis; Integro differential equations; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTAXIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LINEAR SYSTEM; LIVER CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMOTAXIS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 77956099718     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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