Travelling wave analysis of a mathematical model of glioblastoma growth

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DOI10.1016/J.MBS.2016.03.004zbMATH Open1343.92221arXiv1305.5036OpenAlexW1852643791WikidataQ50681617 ScholiaQ50681617MaRDI QIDQ299388FDOQ299388


Authors: Philip Gerlee, Sven Nelander Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 22 June 2016

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we analyse a previously proposed cell-based model of glioblastoma (brain tumour) growth, which is based on the assumption that the cancer cells switch phenotypes between a proliferative and motile state (Gerlee and Nelander, PLoS Comp. Bio., 8(6) 2012). The dynamics of this model can be described by a system of partial differential equations, which exhibits travelling wave solutions whose wave speed depends crucially on the rates of phenotypic switching. We show that under certain conditions on the model parameters, a closed form expression of the wave speed can be obtained, and using singular perturbation methods we also derive an approximate expression of the wave front shape. These new analytical results agree with simulations of the cell-based model, and importantly show that the inverse relationship between wave front steepness and speed observed for the Fisher equation no longer holds when phenotypic switching is considered.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.5036




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