The role of the T-helper/T-suppressor ratio in the adaptive immune response: a dynamical model

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AAED5EzbMATH Open1411.92129arXiv1701.07712OpenAlexW2899363094WikidataQ106951448 ScholiaQ106951448MaRDI QIDQ4629643FDOQ4629643

Authors: A. Annibale, L. A. Dziobek-Garrett, Hafez Tari 

Publication date: 27 March 2019

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Recent experimental studies have suggested the ratio between T-helper and T-suppressor lymphocytes as an index of immunosuppression in HIV, cancer, immunosenescence and inflammatory and auto-immune diseases. However, a quantitative understanding of the impact of this ratio on the immune response has lagged behind data and its validity as a tool for prognostic monitoring or therapeutic target remains an open question. In this work, we use statistical physics and dynamical systems approaches to analyze the time-dependent response to an antigen, of a simplified model of the adaptive immune system, which comprises B, T-helper and T-suppressor lymphocytes. The model is remarkably robust against changes in the noise level and kinetic parameters, but it is very sensitive to changes in the ratio between T-helper and T-suppressor lymphocytes, exhibiting, in particular, a transition from a responsive to an immuno-suppressed phase, as the ratio is lowered below a critical value, which is in line with experiments. This result supports the validity of the T-helper/T-suppressor ratio as an index of immunosuppression and may provide a useful theoretical benchmark to interpret and compare experiments.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.07712

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zbMATH Keywords

immune responseclonal expansionimmune networkslymphocyte homeostasiscd4/cd8T-helper/T-suppressorth/treg

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Medical applications (general) (92C50) Medical epidemiology (92C60)

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