We propose a system of first-order ordinary differential equations to describe and understand the physiological mechanisms of the interplay between plasma glucose and insulin and their behaviors in diabetes. The proposed model is based on Hill and step functions which are used to simulate the switch-like behavior that occurs in metabolic regulatory variables when some of the threshold parameters are approached. A simplified piece-wise linear system is also proposed to study the possible equilibria and solutions and used to introduce simple theoretical control mechanisms representing the action of an artificial pancreas and regulating exogenous insulin.

A model for the Hepatic Glucose Metabolism based on Hill and Step Functions

D'Abbicco M;Del Buono N
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Calamita G;Gena P;Lopez L
2016-01-01

Abstract

We propose a system of first-order ordinary differential equations to describe and understand the physiological mechanisms of the interplay between plasma glucose and insulin and their behaviors in diabetes. The proposed model is based on Hill and step functions which are used to simulate the switch-like behavior that occurs in metabolic regulatory variables when some of the threshold parameters are approached. A simplified piece-wise linear system is also proposed to study the possible equilibria and solutions and used to introduce simple theoretical control mechanisms representing the action of an artificial pancreas and regulating exogenous insulin.
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