Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700032, India.
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, 100048, China.
Sci Rep. 2024 Sep 19;14(1):21897. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-71251-3.
Psoriasis is a chronic, non-contagious, immune-mediated skin disorder. Inflammation of the skin's surface is characterised by scaly white, red, or silvery spots that occur due to the hyper-proliferation of keratinocytes in the epidermal layer. Primarily, pharmaceutical drugs or immune therapy are used to treat psoriasis. We are all aware that, certain therapeutic strategies can have some adverse effects, and over time, that hidden inflammation may manifest. This article introduces a mathematical model for psoriasis, formulated by employing a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) that describe the densities of T-cells, dendritic cells (DCs), keratinocytes, and mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) as basic cell populations. A tumor necrosis factor- ( ) inhibitor has been imposed from the initial stage of the treatment regime, using the optimal control theoretic approach, and the numerical results have been observed. After 80 days of monitoring using only biologic inhibitors, if this approach did not provide the intended outcomes (when severity arises), stem cells are administered a few times in a pulsed manner as a cell replacement technique in addition to this anti medicine. We have observed the combined therapeutic benefit of stem cell replacement with a inhibitor from a mathematical point of view. The theoretical analysis and the numerical results revealed that stem cell transplantation, along with a inhibitor, is a promising psoriasis treatment option moving forward.
银屑病是一种慢性、非传染性、免疫介导的皮肤疾病。皮肤表面的炎症表现为角质形成细胞在表皮层过度增殖导致的鳞屑状白色、红色或银色斑点。主要采用药物治疗或免疫疗法治疗银屑病。我们都知道,某些治疗策略可能会有一些副作用,而且随着时间的推移,这种隐藏的炎症可能会显现出来。本文介绍了一种银屑病的数学模型,该模型采用了一组描述 T 细胞、树突状细胞 (DC)、角质形成细胞和间充质基质细胞 (MSC) 作为基本细胞群的非线性常微分方程 (ODE) 来构建。在治疗方案的初始阶段就使用肿瘤坏死因子 -α(TNF-α)抑制剂,采用最优控制理论方法,并观察了数值结果。如果在 80 天的监测中仅使用生物制剂抑制剂没有达到预期效果(当病情加重时),除了这种抗 TNF-α药物外,还会以脉冲方式多次给予干细胞作为细胞替代技术。我们从数学角度观察了干细胞替代与 TNF-α抑制剂联合治疗的效果。理论分析和数值结果表明,干细胞移植联合 TNF-α抑制剂是一种有前途的银屑病治疗选择。