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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 6.

Dimensionless Constants.

Dimensionless Constant Biological Representation Scaling Factors* Value Assigned
εT
Interaction strength for tumor cells
ε¯¯
0.05
εE
Interaction strength for ECM
ε¯¯
0.05
εTE
Interaction strength between tumor cells and ECM
ε¯¯
0.02
εe
Strain energy coefficient
ε¯¯e
0.001
nh
Hypoxic level of O2 n 0.3
nC
O2 level in capillaries n 1.0
gC
Glucose level in capillaries g 1.0
wC
CO2 level in capillaries n 0.0
C
Lactate level in capillaries n 0.0
nv,V
O2 viability limit of viable tumor cells n 0.21
nv,B
O2 viability limit of ECs n 0.1
nv,L
O2 viability limit of LECs n 0.1
nv,F
O2 viability limit of MFCs n 0.21
av,V
H+ viability limit of viable tumor cells n 0.7
av,F
H+ viability limit of MFCs n 0.7
gv,V
Glucose viability limit of viable tumor cells g 0.1
gv,F
Glucose viability limit of myofibroblast-like cells g 0.1
gde,V
Threshold level of glucose leading to the onset of autophagy for viable tumor cells g 0.3
sat
Saturation level of lactate in tissues n 1.0
tgf
Threshold lactate level for tgf upregulation n 0.8
taf
Threshold lactate level for taf upregulation n 0.8
z
Charge of a lactate ion za −1.0
zb
Charge of a bicarbonate ion za −1.0
zs
Charge of Na+ za 1.0
zr
Charge of Cl za −1.0
tgfFE
Threshold level of corresponding to the onset of the upregulation of myofibroblastic cell proliferation tgfsat 0.1
tafBn
Threshold level of taf corresponding to the onset of EC proliferation tafsat 0.2
tafLn
Threshold level of corresponding to the onset of LEC proliferation tafsat 0.2
(εE)ij
Eigenstrain for the ECM component
ε¯¯
1.0
(εC)ij
Eigenstrain for the cell components
ε¯¯
0.0
L1E
Lamé constants for ECM component
L2E
1.0
L1C
Lamé constants for cell components
L2E
1.0
L2C
Lamé constants for cell components
L2E
1.0
(ϕE)min,Bn
Concentration of ECM macromolecules corresponding to the minimum EC haptotaxis strength
ϕα
0.2
(ϕE)max,Bn
Concentration of ECM macromolecules corresponding to the maximum EC haptotaxis strength
ϕα
0.8
(ϕE)min,Ln
Concentration of ECM macromolecules corresponding to the minimum LEC haptotaxis strength
ϕα
0.2
(ϕE)max,Ln
Concentration of ECM macromolecules corresponding to the maximum LEC haptotaxis strength
ϕα
0.8
kche,BnE
Positive chemotaxis constant for ECs tafsat 1.0
kche,LnE
Positive chemotaxis constant for LECs tafsat 1.0
pt,B
Threshold pressure corresponding to the onset of blood vessel loss
P
0.6
pt,L
Threshold pressure corresponding to the onset of lymphatic vessel loss
P
0.6
pc,Bn
Threshold pressure corresponding to the maximum rate of neo-blood vessel loss
P
0.8
pc,Ln
Threshold pressure corresponding to the maximum rate of neo-lymphatic vessel loss
P
0.8
*

For example, nh=nh/n.

Nondimensionalized Eigenstrain (εE)ij and all Lamé constants are set to 1 as an initial value in this study. A wider range of values will be tested and analyzed in future work.