Analysis of Complex Diseases: A Mathematical Perspective

Author:   PhD Wang
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
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9781466572218


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   18 December 2013
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Author:   PhD Wang
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781466572218


ISBN 10:   1466572213
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   18 December 2013
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Organismal Level: What Is Required. Food Intake and Energy Metabolism. Glucose Homeostasis. Optimal Glucose Homeostasis. Bistability as a Fundamental Phenomenon. Molecular Level: What Can Be Provided? Molecular Biology. Biomolecular Network. PI3K-AKT-TOR Pathway. Mathematical Analysis of Complex Diseases. Diseases Related to Metabolism. Mathematical Modeling of the PI3K-AKT-TOR Pathway. Fundamental Decomposition. Normal Phenotype. Disease Phenotypes. Tao of Diseases. References. Abbreviations. Appendix A Optimization of Insulin Action. Appendix B Derivation of the Master Equation of AKT Activation. Appendix C Singularity Theory. Appendix D Analysis of the Simplified Master Equation. Appendix E Analysis of the Master Equation. Index.

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""It is this system of differential equations built to characterize the PI3K-AKT-TOR pathway which appears as the most visible and relevant feature and novelty of the book."" -Lutz Edler, Zentralblatt MATH 1306


It is this system of differential equations built to characterize the PI3K-AKT-TOR pathway which appears as the most visible and relevant feature and novelty of the book. -Lutz Edler, Zentralblatt MATH 1306


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Guanyu Wang obtained one PhD (in engineering) from Zhejiang University, China, in 1998 and one PhD (in medical sciences) from the University of Cologne, Germany, in 2005. As a postdoctoral fellow, he was initially at the School of Health Information of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and then at the Department of Bioengineering, Rice University. He was an assistant professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and then an assistant professor of Physics at George Washington University. He is now an associate professor of biology at South University of Science and Technology of China, located in the city of Shenzhen.

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