The importance of ion fluxes for cancer proliferation and metastasis: a thermodynamic analysis

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.02.019zbMath1397.92344OpenAlexW2793994230WikidataQ52688177 ScholiaQ52688177MaRDI QIDQ1649377

Thomas S. Deisboeck, Umberto Lucia

Publication date: 6 July 2018

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.02.019

zbMATH Keywords

irreversible thermodynamicscancerconstructal lawmembrane transportcancer formation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinetics in biochemical problems (pharmacokinetics, enzyme kinetics, etc.) (92C45) Medical applications (general) (92C50) Biochemistry, molecular biology (92C40) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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