HOPF point analysis for angiogenesis models

Z. Agur, L. Arakelyan, P. Daugulis, Y. Ginosar

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Abstract

In this paper we present several ODE systems encoding the most essential observations and assumptions about the complex hierarchical interactive processes of tumor neo-vascularization (angiogenesis). From experimental results we infer that a significant marker of tumor aggressiveness is the oscillatory behavior of tumor size, which is driven by its vascularization dynamics. To study the forces underlying these oscillations we perform a Hopf point analysis of the angiogenesis models. In the analyzed models Hopf points appear if and only if a nontrivial set of time-delays is introduced into the tumor proliferation or the neo-vascularization process. We suggest to examine in laboratory experiments how to employ these results for containing cancer growth.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)29-38
Number of pages10
JournalDiscrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Angiogenesis
  • Hopf points
  • Time-delay differential equations

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
  • Applied Mathematics

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