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. 2016 Nov 9;2016:4910603. doi: 10.1155/2016/4910603

Table 5.

Parameter values used in the extracellular components of the model.

Symbol Parameter Value Ref.
D u Nutrient (oxygen) diffusion coefficient 0.00197 mm2/s [32]
γ u Single cell oxygen consumption rate 2.69 × 10−17 M/cells/s [33]
δ u Nutrient (oxygen) decay rate 0 Est.
ϵ Degree of localized nutrient consumption 0.1 Est.
D m MDE diffusion coefficient 10−7 mm2/s [34]
μ Single cell MDE production rate   1 [19]
δ m MDE decay rate   0 [19]
δ f ECM degradation rate   50 [19]
D w Inhibitor (lactate) diffusion coefficient 1.67 × 10−6 mm2/s [16]
α Inhibitory factor production rate 2%/h/cm3 [16]
T 1, T 2 Nutrient threshold for necrosis and quiescent states 0.3, 0.4 Est.
T 3 Growth inhibitor threshold   20 Est.

: nondimensionalized value.