IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/apmaco/v256y2015icp344-351.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A bio-mathematical approach: Speculations to construct virtual placenta

Author

Listed:
  • Zhao, Bin
  • Diraviyam, Thirumalai
  • Zhang, Xiaoying

Abstract

The placenta is a transient organ responsible for invariable and unique biological functions including maternal fetus nutrient and oxygen transportation, hormonal regulation and immunological interaction during the gestation. The placental structure varies widely between species both in terms of barriers between maternal and fetal circulations and the shape of the interchange region. When studying both normal and pathological placental developments, mice models are often used. In some occasions, this is a less than perfect model for comparison with human placental physiology as murine placenta is somewhat different. At this juncture, one of the applications of computational biology is taken into consideration, i.e., constructing virtual placenta for understanding the placental interactions between mother and fetus by in-silico. As a stepping stone in this direction, the present study is designed with a bio-mathematical approach to formulate some speculations to construct virtual placenta.

Suggested Citation

  • Zhao, Bin & Diraviyam, Thirumalai & Zhang, Xiaoying, 2015. "A bio-mathematical approach: Speculations to construct virtual placenta," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier, vol. 256(C), pages 344-351.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:apmaco:v:256:y:2015:i:c:p:344-351
    DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2014.12.123
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0096300314017846
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.amc.2014.12.123?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to

    for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:apmaco:v:256:y:2015:i:c:p:344-351. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/applied-mathematics-and-computation .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.