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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Microcirculation. 2018 Feb;25(2):10.1111/micc.12429. doi: 10.1111/micc.12429

Table 1.

Endothelial tube parameters estimated under different experimental and theoretical schema (best fit ± 95% confidence interval).

Data source Fitting λ (mm) ra (MΩ/mm) rm (MΩ·mm) Rm (GΩ) Rgj (MΩ)
Control experiment 1-dim. inf. cable[1]
xxstim≥50μm
1.38±0.08 10.6
1-dim. short cable[2]
xxstim≥50μm
1.16±0.12* 10.7±1.9 14.5±1.0 11.6±0.8 5.2±0.9§
1-dim. short cable[2]
xxstim≥500μm
1.14±0.33 11.3±7.6 14.6±2.5 11.7±2.0 5.5±3.7
2-dim. short cable
xxstim≥50μm
11.2±1.1 4.5±0.9
Discrete model[3] 11.9 4.5
Discrete model (Rm = 11.9 GΩ, Rgj = 4.5 MΩ) 1-dim. short cable[4]
xxstim≥50μm
1.17 10.6 14.5 11.6 5.2
1-dim. short cable[4]
xxstim≥500μm
1.23 9.5 14.2 11.4 4.6
2-dim. short cable
xxstim≥50μm
11.3 4.4
NS309 experiment 1-dim. inf. cable
xxstim≥50μm
0.85±0.06 4.0[5]
1-dim. short cable
xxstim≥50μm
0.78±0.05* 8.8±1 5.3±0.3 4.2±0.2 4.3±0.5§
1-dim. short cable
xxstim≥500μm
0.78±0.12 8.6±3.5 5.3±0.8 4.2±0.6 4.2±1.7
2-dim. short cable
xxstim≥50μm
4.0±0.3 3.5±0.6
ACh experiment 1-dim. inf. cable
xxstim=500μm
0.61 (55% drop) 2.1[6] (80% drop)
[1]

Eqs. 6 and 8.

[2]

Eqs. 10, 1214.

[3]

Rm and Rgj in discrete model (Fig. 1).

[4]

Eqs. 10, 1214 fitting discrete model.

[5]

Rm′ = (λ ′/λ)2 × Rm = (0.85mm/1.38mm)2 × 10.6 GΩ

[6]

Rm′ = (λ ′/λ)2 × Rm = (0.61mm/1.38mm)2 × 10.6 GΩ

*

– significantly different (P < 0.003)

†, ‡

– significantly different (P < 10−6)

§

– significantly different (P < 0.038)