Stochastic Effects in Autoimmune Dynamics

Among various possible causes of autoimmune disease, an important role is played by infections that can result in a breakdown of immune tolerance, primarily through the mechanism of “molecular mimicry”. In this paper we propose and analyse a stochastic model of immune response to a viral infection a...

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Main Authors: Farzad Fatehi, Sergey N. Kyrychko, Aleksandra Ross, Yuliya N. Kyrychko, Konstantin B. Blyuss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.00045/full