A Systems Biology Approach to Blood

Book Overview

The blood system is multi-scale, from the organism to the organs to cells to intracellular signaling pathways to macromolecule interactions. Blood consists of circulating cells, cellular fragments (platelets and microparticles), and plasma macromolecules. Blood cells and their fragments result from a highly-ordered process, hematopoiesis. Definitive hematopoiesis occurs in the bone marrow, where pluripotential stem cells give rise to multiple lineages...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493942840
• ISBN13: 9781493942848
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 403 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"