Table 1.
Variables in foreign body reactions (after scaling so they are dimensionless).
| f(x, y,t) | Fibroblast density |
| β1(x, y,t) | Total TGFβ isoform 1 and isoform 2 density |
| β3(x, y,t) | TGFβ isoform 3 density |
| l1(x, y,t) | Total Latent TGFβ isoform 1 and isoform 2 density |
| l3(x, y,t) | Latent TGFβ isoform 3 density |
| e1(x, y,t), e2(x, y,t), e3(x, y,t) | Generic enzymes type 1, 2, 3 densities |
| p1(x, y,t), p3(x, y,t) | Procollagens (latent form of collagens) I and III densities |
| c1(x, y,t), c3(x, y,t) | Collagens I and III densities |
| z1(x, y,t), z3(x, y,t) | Zymogens (latent forms of collagenases) I and III densities |
| s1(x, y,t), s3(x, y,t) | Collagenases I and III densities |
| l(x, y,t) | Macrophage cell density |