title: The antigen-antibody interaction algebraically interpreted as a relational process.
abstract: The antigen-antibody interaction occurring previous to the triggering of the immunological response is analyzed as a relational process in terms of lattices. Accordingly, this process is expressed as a lattice belonging to a pseudo-Boolean algebraic variety. The Heyting arrow operation, which appears in this kind of algebra, is used to analyze behaviors between non-comparable biological states expressed by the lattice. The resulting states coming from the arrows are connected with the influence of increasing and decreasing energies involved in the linking process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Zaretzky
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Leguizamón
mesh_terms: D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D008962:Models, Theoretical