Stability of a delay system coupled to a differential-difference system describing the coexistence of ordinary and mutated hematopoietic stem cells

摘要

A new mathematical model that represents the coexistence between normal and leukemic populations of cells is proposed and analyzed. It is composed by a nonlinear time-delay system describing the dynamics of ordinary stem cells, coupled to a differential-difference system governing the dynamics of mutated cells. A Lyapunov-like technique is developed in order to investigate the stability properties of a steady state where healthy cells survive while leukemic ones are eradicated. Exponential stability of solutions is established, estimate of their decay rate is given and a subset of the basin of attraction of the desired steady state is provided.