Table 4. Rules.
Behavior | Rule |
Proliferation | Cell proliferation occurs until confluence as per assigned probabilities (Table 2) |
Migration | Migration occurs either via persistent random walk (under normoxic conditions) or chemotaxis (under hypoxic conditions) |
If local oxygen concentration >0.0672 mol/m3, cells display persistent random walk | |
Cell speed during persistent random walk = 10 µm/hr | |
If local oxygen concentration <0.0672 mol/m3, chemotaxis begins | |
Chemotaxis speed = 20 µm/hr | |
Apoptosis | If a cell experiences hypoxia for more than 15 hours, it dies of hypoxia-induced apoptosis |
If, while performing chemotaxis, a cell ends up in a region rich in oxygen, it goes back to display persistent random walk |
The table summarizes the rules used to simulate cellular dynamics.