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. 2016 Feb 15;6:6. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2016.00006

Table 5.

Containment and dissemination parameters for simulation runs used in sensitivity analysis.

Description Units Containment (Mean) Containment (Min) Containment (Max) Dissemination (Mean) Dissemination (Min) Dissemination (Max)
Probability a resting macrophage kills a bacterium in his compartment Per 10 minutes 0.0541 0.0131 0.0972 0.0486 0.0162 0.0781
Probability a macrophage is recruited from a vascular source Per 10 minutes 0.0661 0.0213 0.1405 0.0631 0.0188 0.1294
Probability a T cell is recruited at a vascular source Per 10 minutes 0.0542 0.011 0.137 0.109 0.0754 0.1415
Proportion of T cells recruited that are regulator T cells Per 10 minutes 0.0763 0.0125 0.1562 0.152 0.0208 0.196
Chemokine diffusion constant cm2/per second 6.00E-08 1.86E-08 1.07E-07 7.89E-08 3.29E-08 1.05E-07
Chemokine halflife Hours 1.45 0.64 2.24 1.49 0.77 2.27
CCL5 secretion No. molecules secreted hourly 2.78E+05 7.53E+04 4.59E+05 2.60E+05 6.34E+04 4.37E+05
TNF diffusion constant cm2/per second 4.31E-08 1.99E-08 1.01E-07 7.87E-08 2.56E-08 1.12E-07
TNF halflife Hours 7.12 1.19 11.17 5.22 2.31 8.42
Probability a macrophage undergoes apoptosis Per 10 minutes 0.13 0.08 0.19 0.1 0.04 0.18
Threshold required for macrophage recruitment Checked every ten minutes 6.96E+05 1.97E+05 1.44E+06 1.08E+06 8.27E+05 1.45E+06
Oxygen in lung tissue due to pulmonary blood volume Steady-state number of molecules 5.68E+08 2.81E+08 9.42E+08 5.76E+08 3.43E+08 8.39E+08
Oxygen in lung tissue due to residual volume in lung Steady-state number of molecules 9.53E+08 4.02E+08 1.35E+09 8.61E+08 6.09E+08 1.09E+09
Oxygen consumption by a resting macrophage Number of molecules per 1 breath 7.19E+07 6.16E+07 8.15E+07 7.55E+07 5.88E+07 9.46E+07
Oxygen consumption by bacteria Number of molecules per 1 breath 8.77E+05 5.50E+05 1.15E+06 8.07E+05 4.90E+05 9.98E+05
Oxygen diffusion coefficient cm2/per second 5.83E-05 5.98E-06 1.10E-04 5.03E-05 5.38E-06 8.82E-05
TNF threshold necessary to activate a macrophage Checked every 10 min 1.82E+05 6.68E+03 3.18E+05 2.02E+05 4.09E+04 3.44E+05
Probability an infected macrophage becomes activated Per 10 minutes 2.92E-02 3.37E-04 7.52E-02 3.05E-03 3.14E-04 8.91E-03
Probability a T cell moves into a compartment occupied by a macrophage Per 10 minutes 1.65E-03 1.90E-05 8.18E-03 2.91E-02 1.03E-05 8.88E-02
TNF/chemokine threshold for T cell recruitment at a vascular source Checked every 10 min 1.73E+04 1.17E+03 8.13E+04 7.73E+03 2.64E+03 1.55E+04
TNF/chemokine threshold for macrophage recruitment at a vascular source Checked every 10 min 1.32E+04 1.24E+03 8.76E+04 7.19E+03 1.39E+03 2.30E+04
Lower threshold for recruitment of CCL5 Checked every 10 min 3.09E+05 1.75E+04 7.18E+05 1.28E+05 1.69E+04 4.40E+05
Upper threshold for recruitment of CCL5 Checked every 10 min 1.83E+05 1.22E+04 6.79E+05 3.68E+04 1.58E+04 6.60E+04
TNF secretion No. molecules per 10 min 5.33E+06 9.50E+04 2.87E+07 3.82E+06 2.09E+04 1.67E+07
Effect of TNF on resting macrophage recruitment Checked every 10 min 225.53 12 706.96 255 16.39 875.23
Maximum specific growth rate Hourly 0.0127 0.0024 0.0386 0.0343 0.0305 0.0379
Maximum specific death rate Hourly 0.0004 0.0001 0.0008 0.0006 0.0004 0.0007