Year: 2017
East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 7 (2017), Iss. 4 : pp. 741–751
Abstract
The signal transduction pathway is the important process of communication of the cells. It is the dynamical interaction between the ligand-receptor complexes and an inhibitor protein in second messenger synthesis. The signaling molecules are detected and bounded by receptors, typically G-Protein receptors, across the cell membrane and that in turns alerts intracellular molecules to stimulate a response or a desired consequence in the target cells. In this research, we consider a model of the signal transduction process consisting of a system of three differential equations which involve the dynamic interaction between an inhibitor protein and the ligand-receptor complexes in the second messenger synthesis. We will incorporate a delay $τ$ in the time needed before the signal amplification process can take effect on the production of the ligand-receptor complex. We investigate persistence and stability of the system. It is shown that the system allows positive solutions and the positive equilibrium is locally asymptotically stable under suitable conditions on the system parameters.
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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4208/eajam.181016.300517a
East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 7 (2017), Iss. 4 : pp. 741–751
Published online: 2017-01
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Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 11
Keywords: Signal transduction pathway locally asymptotically stable persistence ligand-receptor delay.