Understanding natural killer cell regulation by mathematical approaches

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Watzl, Carsten ^a   Sternberg Simon, Michal ^b   Urlaub, Doris ^a   Mehr, Ramit ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activating receptors; Inhibitory receptors; Mathematical modeling; Natural killer cells; Proliferation; Signaling pathways; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874273255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00359     Document Type: Short Survey

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