Modeling the influence of TH1 and TH2 type cells in autoimmune diseases

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19 June 2000

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.math/0006127

Abstract

A sharp TH1/TH2 dichotomy has often been used to define the effects of cytokines on autoimmune diseases. However contradictory results in recent research indicate that the situation may be more complex. We build here a simple mathematical model aimed at settling the contradictions. The model is based on a neural network paradigm, and is applied using Partial Differential Equations (PDE). We show here that a TH1/TH2 paradigm is only an external view of a complex multivariate system.

Keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
MULTIVARIATE SYSTEM
MATHEMATICAL MODEL
NEURAL NETWORK
CYTOKINES
TH2 TYPE
TH1/TH2

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