Deciphering chemokine properties by a hybrid agent-based model of Aspergillus fumigatus infection in human alveoli

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Pollmächer, Johannes ^a,b   Figge, Marc Thilo ^a,b  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Alveolar epithelial cell; Alveolar macrophage; Aspergillus fumigatus; Chemotaxis; Fungal infection; Human alveolus; Reaction diffusion equation

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHEMOTAXIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; HYBRID AGENT BASED MODEL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERNALIZATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECRETION RATE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 84931268796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00503     Document Type: Article

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