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. 2016 Apr 12;5:647. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.8299.1

Table 2. Model parameters.

Right Ventricular pump 290
Left Vent pump 850
Resistances Hg.s ml -1. ml -1
Aortic R 0.04
Pulmonary Artery R 0.06
Muscle R 0.06
Renal A R 0.1
SM A R 1
Hep A R 0.2
Vena cava R 0.001
Somatic Vein R 0.01
Renal V R 0.01
Portal V R 0.005
Hep V R 0.001
Hep shunt R 0.4
Distensibility mm Hg -1
Left Vent compliance 1E-4
Somatic vein compliance 0.01
Aortic compliance 0.001
SM cap compliance 0.005
Hep sin compliance 0.005
Splenic & Coeliac compliance 0.05
Renal compliance 0.05
Sys compliance 0.1
H sinusoid compliance 0.005
Glucose parameters.
Intestinal glucose pump V 5 mmole s -1
Paracellular P gl 0.15 μm s -1
GLUT2 V max 3 mmole s -1
Renal Glucose T m 1.2 mmole s -1
GLUT1 K m 1.3 mM
GLUT2 K m 20 mM
Somatic glucose metabolic coef. 0.5 mmole s -1
Somatic insulin-dependent metabolic coef. 8.5 mmole s -1
Non-insulin-dependent metabolic coef. 0.65 mmole s -1
B cell K m (glucose) 17 mM
Insulin parameters
K m insulin 200 pM
Insulin loss rate (Hepatic) 1.4 s -1
Insulin sensitivity coef. 0.5
insulin loss rate (Somatic) 0.1 s -1
Glucagon parameters
Glucagon coef. Hepatic 150
Glucagon loss rate (Hepatic) 0.5 s -1
Glucagon coeff. (somatic) 150
Glucagon loss rate (somatic) 0.5 s -1
K m glucagon 2 nM
GLP-1parameters
K GLP-1 1 nM
GLP-1 loss rate (somatic) 0.22 s -1
GLP-1 hepatic) sensitivity coef. 2
V m GLP-1 20 nmole s -1
GLP-1(somatic) sensitivity coef. 2