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ABSTRACT:
DISEASE(S): Coronary Artery Disease
SUBMITTER: Michael Schubert
PROVIDER: BIOMD0000000367 | BioModels | 2011-05-16
REPOSITORIES: BioModels
Müller Johannes J Brandt Stefan S Mayerhofer Katrin K Tjardes Thorsten T Maegele Marc M
Mathematical biosciences 20070814 2
This paper focus on the quest for mechanisms that are able to create tolerance and an activation threshold in the extrinsic coagulation cascade. We propose that the interplay of coagulation inhibitor and blood flow creates threshold behavior. First we test this hypothesis in a minimal, four dimensional model. This model can be analysed by means of time scale analysis. We find indeed that only the interplay of blood flow and inhibition together are able to produce threshold behavior. The mechanis ...[more]