A two-phenotype model of immune evasion by cancer cells

Journal of Theoretical Biology
Péter BayerKateřina Staňková

Abstract

We propose a model with two types of cancer cells differentiated by their defense mechanisms against the immune system. "Selfish" cancer cells develop defense mechanisms that benefit the individual cell, whereas "cooperative" cells deploy countermeasures that increase the chance of survival of every cell. Our phenotypes capture the two main features of the tumor's efforts to avoid immune destruction, crypticity against immune cells for the selfish cells, and tumor-induced immunosuppression for the cooperative cells. We identify steady states of the system and show that only homogeneous tumors can be stable in both size and composition. We show that under generic parameter values, a tumor of selfish cells is more benign than a tumor of cooperative cells, and that a treatment against cancer crypticity may promote immunosuppression and increase cancer growth.

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Sep 30, 2020·Cancer Control : Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center·Robert A BeckmanFrederick R Adler
Jan 22, 2022·PloS One·Péter BayerJoel S Brown
Feb 5, 2022·PLoS Computational Biology·Narmin Ghaffari LalehJakob Nikolas Kather

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