Paper Info
Title
A Membrane System for the Leukocyte Selective Recruitment
Abstract
A formal description is developed for the phenomenon of leukocyte recruitment that plays a critical role in the immune response. Due to its complex nature and capability to rapidly adapt to the attack of infectious agents, the immune system may be considered a typical example of complex adaptive system [9]. Here the leukocyte selective recruitment, crucial in immunity, is modeled as a dynamical system of interactions between leukocytes and endothelial cells, where a special kind of membrane structure turns out to be a very useful tool in the formal analysis of the recruitment process. In our membrane system, besides the traditional rules for communication and transformation of P systems [8], rules are allowed for the expression of receptors, for adhesion between membranes, and for the encapsulation of a membrane inside another membrane.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1007/978-3-540-24619-0_13
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Keywords
Field
DocType
dynamic system,endothelial cell,p system,immune system,immune response,complex adaptive system
Neuroscience,Immunology,Biology,Formal description,Immune system,Complex adaptive system
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
2933
0302-9743
19
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.51
4
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Giuditta Franco113618.34
Vincenzo Manca256259.74