Network model of immune responses reveals key effectors to single and co-infection dynamics by a respiratory bacterium and a gastrointestinal helminth

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Thakar, Juilee ^a,b   Pathak, Ashutosh K ^a   Murphy, Lisa ^c,e   Albert, Réka ^a,d   Cattadori, Isabella M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Life Technologies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM;

CO-INFECTIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL; GROUP OF CELLS; HOST IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE FUNCTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION DYNAMICS; INFECTION MODELS; INITIAL PHASIS; NETWORK MODELS;

BACTERIA;

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA INFECTION; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIXED INFECTION; NATURAL POPULATION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RABBIT; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS RETORTAEFORMIS; ANIMAL; BORDETELLOSIS; HELMINTH; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS RETORTAEFORMIS; VERMES;

ANIMALS; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; HELMINTHS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 84857475189     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002345     Document Type: Article

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