Immune Response and Memory: Perspectives on Stability of Cyclic Idiotypic Network
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Ou, Chung-Ming; Ou, C.R.
- Source
- 2011 IEEE 11th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2011 IEEE 11th International Conference on. :234-239 Oct, 2011
- Subject
- Bioengineering
Computing and Processing
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Immune system
Mathematical model
Stability analysis
Equations
Production
Nonlinear dynamical systems
Switches
idiotypic immune network
immune memory
stability
- Language
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.