An Agent-Based Model of Cellular Dynamics and Circadian Variability in Human Endotoxemia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nguyen, Tung T ^a   Calvano, Steve E ^c   Lowry, Stephen F ^c   Androulakis, Ioannis P ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOTOXEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOKINES; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873869183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055550     Document Type: Article

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