Game of neutrophils: modeling the balance between apoptosis and necrosis

Abstract Background Neutrophils are one of the key players in the human innate immune system (HIIS). In the event of an insult where the body is exposed to inflammation triggering moieties (ITMs), neutrophils are mobilized towards the site of insult and antagonize the inflammation. If the inflammati...

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Main Authors: Alva Presbitero, Emiliano Mancini, Filippo Castiglione, Valeria V. Krzhizhanovskaya, Rick Quax
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-019-3044-6