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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Theor Biol. 2017 May 18;430:245–282. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.05.013

Table 5.

Mobility, Motilities, and Taxis Coefficients

Dimensionless Parameter Biological Representation Scaling Factor* Value Assigned
M
Mobility of cell species 0.1
kα
Motility of the solid phase (cells)
k¯¯α
Computed
kT
Motility of the tumor cell phase
k¯¯α
10.0
kE
Motility of the ECM phase
k¯¯α
10.0
kH
Motility of the healthy host cell phase
k¯¯α
10.0
kβ
Motility of the fluid phase (interstitial fluid)
k¯¯β
1.0
χche,BnE
Chemotaxis coefficient of ECs
2/(Ttafsat)
1.0
χhap,BnE
Haptotaxis coefficient of ECs
2/(Tϕα)
1.0
χhap,BnEmin
Minimum haptotaxis coefficient of ECs
2/(Tϕα)
1.0
χche,LnE
Chemotaxis coefficient of LECs
2/(Ttafsat)
1.0
χhap,LnE
Haptotaxis coefficient of LECs
2/(Tϕα)
1.0
χhap,LnEmin
Minimum haptotaxis coefficient of LECs
2/(Tϕα)
1.0
*

For example, χche,BnE=χche,BnETtafsat/2.

The solid phase motility kα is computed from kE, kT, and kH using Eq. (3.7.25) by replacing Di with ki.

Nondimensionalized chemotaxis and heptotaxis coefficients are set to 1 as an initial value in this study. A wider range of values will be tested and analyzed in future work.