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Complex systems in pulmonary medicine: a systems biology approach to lung disease.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 Jun 2011
Kaminsky David A, Irvin Charles G, Sterk Peter J
Abstract excerpt
The lung is a highly complex organ that can only be understood by integrating the many aspects of its structure and function into a comprehensive view. Such a view is provided by a systems biology approach, whereby the many layers of complexity, from the molecular genetic, to the cellular, to the tissue, to the whole organ, and finally to the whole body, are synthesized into a working model of understanding. The...
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