TH17 functional study in severe asthma using agent based model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 309, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-33

  Song, Liyan ^a,b   Guo, Yunbo ^a   Deng, Qingkai ^a   Li, Jinming ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BIS; DCs; IL23; Immune system; TH17

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 17F; INTERLEUKIN 23;

ASTHMA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGENT BASED MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASIC IMMUNE SIMULATOR; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TARGETING; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SIMULATION; TH17 CELL;

ASTHMA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 84862763794     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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