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. 2010 Jun 28;368(1921):2919–2935. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0071

Table 1.

Parameter estimates used in the baseline simulation.

parameter symbol (units) value
lattice spacing dl (mm) 0.01825a
stress threshold σcrit (kPa) 35 (compressive)b
initial smooth muscle cell concentration cSMC,init (cells mm−3) 3.16 × 104 c
smooth muscle cell migration speed vSMC (mm d−1) 0.24d
smooth muscle cell proliferation rate pSMC (mitoses d−1) 0.24a
endothelial proliferation rate pEC (mitoses d−1) 2e
initial matrix degrading factor MDFinit (dimensionless) 1e
extracellular matrix degradation rate cdeg (dimensionless) 0.05e
extracellular matrix production rate (dimensionless) 0.20e
initial growth factor G (dimensionless) 3a