Quantitative interpretation of a genetic model of carcinogenesis using computer simulations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Dai, Donghai ^a   Beck, Brandon ^a   Wang, Xiaofang ^a   Howk, Cory ^a   Li, Yi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CLONE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METASTASIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE REGENERATION; TUMOR GROWTH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL AGING; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENETICS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; TUMOR EMBOLISM; UTERUS;

CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CLONE CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; UTERUS;

EID: 79952372481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016859     Document Type: Article

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