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

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.02.019zbMath1397.92344WikidataQ52688177 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 thermodynamics; cancer; constructal law; membrane transport; cancer formation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92C45: Kinetics in biochemical problems (pharmacokinetics, enzyme kinetics, etc.)

92C50: Medical applications (general)

92C40: Biochemistry, molecular biology

82C35: Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory

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