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The role of interleukin-2 (IL-2) in tumor dynamics is illustrated through mathematical modeling, using delay differential equations with a discrete time delay (a modified version of the Kirshner-Panetta model). Theoretical analysis gives an expression for the discrete time delay and the length of the time delay to preserve stability. Numerical analysis shows that interleukin-2 alone can cause the tumor cell population to regress.
In vitro transmesothelial migration assays of ovarian cancer cells, isolated or
aggregated in multicellular spheroids, are reproduced deducing suitable Cellular Potts
Models (CPM). We show that the simulations are in good agreement with the experimental
evidence and that the overall process is regulated by the activity of matrix
metalloproteinases (MMPs) and by the interplay of the adhesive properties of the cells
with the extracellular matrix and...
We study the influence of time delays on the dynamics of the general Hahnfeldt et al. model of an angiogenesis process. We analyse the dynamics of the system for different values of the parameter α which reflects the strength of stimulation of the vessel formation process. Time delays are introduced in three subprocesses: tumour growth, stimulation and inhibition of vessel formation (represented by endothelial cell dynamics). We focus on possible destabilisation of the positive steady state due...
When invading the tissue, malignant tumour cells (i.e. cancer cells) need to detach from
neighbouring cells, degrade the basement membrane, and migrate through the extracellular
matrix. These processes require loss of cell-cell adhesion and enhancement of cell-matrix
adhesion. In this paper we present a mathematical model of an intracellular pathway for
the interactions between a cancer cell and the extracellular matrix. Cancer cells use
similar...
Gliomas are highly invasive brain tumors that exhibit high and spatially heterogeneous
cell proliferation and motility rates. The interplay of proliferation and migration
dynamics plays an important role in the invasion of these malignant tumors. We analyze the
regulation of proliferation and migration processes with a lattice-gas cellular automaton
(LGCA). We study and characterize the influence of the migration/proliferation dichotomy
(also known...
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