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ABSTRACT: This is a mathematical model comprised of non-linear ordinary differential equations describing the dynamic relationship between hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1a) mRNA, HIF-1a protein, and interleukin-15-mediated upstream signalling events in natural killer cells from human blood. Regulatory expressions are also included for mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), nuclear factor-kappa beta, and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3).
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Lucian Smith
PROVIDER: MODEL1911180002 | biostudies-other |
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): 31681292
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

Frontiers in immunology 20191016
Natural killer (NK) cells belong to the first line of host defense against infection and cancer. Cytokines, including interleukin-15 (IL-15), critically regulate NK cell activity, resulting in recognition and direct killing of transformed and infected target cells. NK cells have to adapt and respond in inflamed and often hypoxic areas. Cellular stabilization and accumulation of the transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) is a key mechanism of the cellular hypoxia response. At t ...[more]