The effect of chemotaxis on T-cell regulatory dynamics.

J Math Biol

School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, George St, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.

Published: November 2023

Autoimmune diseases, such as Multiple Sclerosis, are often modelled through the dynamics of T-cell interactions. However, the spatial aspect of such diseases, and how dynamics may result in spatially heterogeneous outcomes, is often overlooked. We consider the effects of diffusion and chemotaxis on T-cell regulatory dynamics using a three-species model of effector and regulator T-cell populations, along with a chemical signalling agent. While diffusion alone cannot lead to instability and spatial patterning, the inclusion of chemotaxis can result in multiple forms of instability that produce highly complicated spatiotemporal behaviour. The parameter regimes in which different instabilities occur are determined through linear stability analysis and the full dynamics is explored through numerical simulation.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00285-023-02017-0DOI Listing

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