Dynamical Model of Mild Atherosclerosis: Applied Mathematical Aspects
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arXiv2205.14982MaRDI QIDQ6400525FDOQ6400525
Authors: Debasmita Mukherjee, Sishu Shankar Muni, H. O. Fatoyinbo 
Publication date: 30 May 2022
Abstract: Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease occurs due to plaque accumulation in the inner artery wall. In atherosclerotic plaque formation monocytes and macrophages play a significant role in controlling the disease dynamics. In the present article, the entire biochemical process of atherosclerotic plaque formation is presented in terms of an autonomous system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations involving concentrations of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL), monocytes, macrophages, and foam cells as the key dependent variables. To observe the capacity of monocytes and macrophages the model has been reduced to a two-dimensional temporal model using quasi steady state approximation theory. Linear stability analysis of the two-dimensional ordinary differential equations (ODEs) model has revealed the stability of the equilibrium points in the system. We have considered both one- and two- parameter bifurcation analysis with respect to parameters associated to the rate at which macrophages phagocytose oxidised LDL and the rate at which LDL enters into the intima. The bifurcation diagrams reveal the oscillating nature of the curves representing concentration of monocytes and macrophages with respect to significant model parameters. We are able to find the threshold values at which the plaque accumulation accelerates in an uncontrollable way. Further to observe the impact of diffusion, a spatiotemporal model has been developed. Numerical investigation of the partial differential equations (PDEs) model reveals the existence of travelling wave in the system which ensures the fact that the development of atherosclerotic plaque formation follows reaction-diffusion wave.
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