T-cell proliferation on immunopathogenic mechanism of psoriasis: a control based theoretical approach

Psoriasis vulgaris is a common, worldwide autoimmune skin disorder characterized by T-cells mediated hyperproliferation of keratinocytes. The feature of T-cells arbitrated psoriatic lesions is the epidermal infiltration of oligoclonal CD8⁺ T-cells and also of CD4⁺ T-cells in the dermis. Psoriatic scratches are identified by red and enlarged lesions along with silver whitish scales. In this article, we propose a mathematical model for psoriasis, involving a set of differential equations, concerning T-cells, dendritic cells and epidermal keratinocytes. We introduce T-cell proliferation in the system, where T-cells are generated through expansion of accessible CD4⁺ T-cells from precursors. We are interested in observing how the cell biological system develops through T-cell proliferation in presence of control with respect to T-cells and keratinocytes. We study the model in both implicit and explicit ways and measure the effect of drug on the system through impulsive drug therapy.