ODE models for adoptive immunotherapy

Anne Talkington, Claudia Dantoin, and Rick Durrett

Abstract. Modified T cells that have been engineered to recognize the CD19 surface marker have recently been shown to be very successful at treating acute lymphocytic leukemias. Here we explore four previous approaches that have \xyz{used ordinary differential equations} to the model this type of therapy, compare their properties, and modify the models to address their deficiencies. Although the four models treat the workings of the immune system in slightly different ways, they all predict that adoptive immunotherapy can be successful to move a patient from the large tumor fixed point to an equilibrium with little or no tumor.

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