Dynamic computational model suggests that cellular citizenship is fundamental for selective tumor apoptosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Olsen, Megan ^a   Siegelmann Danieli, Nava ^b   Siegelmann, Hava T ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Amherst   (United States)

^b MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RESEARCH; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TUMOR CELL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

APOPTOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 77956287062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010637     Document Type: Article

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