ENteric Immunity SImulator: A tool for in silico study of gut immunopathologies

Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 462-469

  Wendeldorf, Katherine V ^a   Bassaganya Riera, Josep ^a   Bisset, Keith ^a   Eubank, Stephen ^a   Hontecillas, Raquel ^a   Marathe, Madhav ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

gut; immunopathology; inflammation; simulation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL SYMPTOMS; GUT; IMMUNE MECHANISM; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IN-SILICO; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE; PATHOGEN REMOVAL; SIMULATION; TISSUE DAMAGE;

BACTERIA; BIOINFORMATICS; PATHOGENS; TISSUE;

PATHOLOGY;

EID: 84856030774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIBM.2011.56     Document Type: Conference Paper

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