Title :
Immune Response and Memory: Perspectives on Stability of Cyclic Idiotypic Network
Author :
Ou, Chung-Ming ; Ou, C.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Manage., Kainan Univ., Luchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
Immune memory can be regarded as an equilibrium state of immune network system with nonlinear behavior. The rapid response of immune systems to the second-time antigen is owing to the stable structure of memory state forming by a closed loop of the idiotypic immune network. A dynamical system is proposed which explains how the memory state is formed and stabilized in the immune network.
Keywords :
biochemistry; macromolecules; molecular biophysics; nonlinear dynamical systems; cyclic idiotypic network; dynamical system; equilibrium state; idiotypic immune network; immune memory; immune network system; immune response; nonlinear behavior; second-time antigen; stable structure; Equations; Immune system; Mathematical model; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Production; Stability analysis; Switches; idiotypic immune network; immune memory; stability;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2011 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taichung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-975-1
DOI :
10.1109/BIBE.2011.42
