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We study the equilibrium properties of idiotypically interacting B cell clones in the case where only the differentiation of B cells is affected by idiotypic interactions. Furthermore, we assume that clones may recognize and be stimulated by self antigen in the same fashion as by antiantibodies. For idiotypically interacting pairs of non-autoreactive clones we observe three qualitatively different dynamical regimes. In the first regime, at small antibody production an antibody-free fixed point, the virgin state, is the only attractor of the system. For intermediate antibody production, a symmetric activated state replaces the virgin state as the only attractor of the system. For large antibody production, finally, the symmetric activated state gives way to two asymmetric activated states where one clone suppresses the other clone. If one or both clones in the pair are autoreactive there is no virgin state. However, we still observe the switch from an almost symmetric activated state to two asymmetric activated states. The two asymmetric activated states at high antibody production have profoundly different implications for a self antigen which is recognized by one of the clones of the pair. In the attractor characterized by high autoantibody concentration the self antigen is attacked vigorously by the immune system while in the opposite steady state the tiny amount of autoantibody hardly affects the self antigen. Accordingly, we call the first state the autoimmune state and the second the tolerant state. In the tolerant state the autoreactive clone is down-regulated by its anti-idiotype providing an efficient mechanism to prevent an autoimmune reaction. However, the antibody production required to achieve this anti-idiotypic control of autoantibodies is rather large.
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Sulzer, B., Weisbuch, G. Idiotypic regulation of B cell differentiation. Bltn Mathcal Biology 57, 841–864 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02458297
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