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. 2023 Feb 27;41(11):1606–1617. doi: 10.1038/s41587-023-01687-x

Table 1.

Model parameters, units and PSO bounds

Parameter Description Units Lower bound Upper bound
B50 Antigen toggle switch half-maximum Number of antigen molecules 106 1010
μB B cell proliferation rate 1/day 0.001 0.1
kkill Rate of B cell killing by T effectors 1/day 0.001 1
floss Fraction of dose lost 1/day 1 1000
TK50 B cell killing half-maximum Cells 105 109
kt B cell killing Hill exponent Dimensionless 0.2 3
kB1 Antigen generation rate Number of antigen/(day×cell) 0.001 1
kB2 Antigen clearance rate 1/day 0.001 1
μM T memory proliferation rate 1/day 0.001 1
km T memory self-renewal Hill exponent Dimensionless 0.2 3
fmax T memory maximum fraction of self-renewal Dimensionless 0.5 0.99
ke T effector proliferation Hill exponent Dimensionless 0.2 3
μE T effector proliferation rate 1/day 0.001 1
N Number of population doublings in TE2 Dimensionless 4 12
kex T effector exhaustion rate 1/day 0.001 1
dM T memory death rate 1/day 0.001 1
dE1 T effector (TE1) death rate 1/day 0.001 1
dE2 T effector (TE2) death rate 1/day 0.001 1
dX T exhausted death rate 1/day 0.001 1
Bmax B cell tumor carrying capacity Cells 108 1012
kx T exhaustion Hill exponent Dimensionless 0.2 3
kr T memory regeneration Hill exponent Dimensionless 0.2 3
rM T memory regeneration from T effectors 1/day 0.001 1
fractionTM T memory fraction of dose 1/day 1 10
fractionTE1 T effector (TE1) fraction of dose 1/day 1 10
fractionTE2 T effector (TE2) fraction of dose 1/day 30 70
fractionTX T exhausted fraction of dose 1/day 5 30