Table 1.

Parameter values

Parameter	Meaning	Value	Unit	Source
R	Radius of epithelial and cancer cell	2.5	$\mathrm{\mu }$m	Dudaie et al. 2015
$R_{\mathrm{t}}$	Radius of T cells	2	$\mathrm{\mu }$m	Dudaie et al. 2015
F	Cell traction force	(10–25)$·{10}^2$	kg $·\mathrm{\mu }$m/min${}^2$	Reinhart-King et al. (2003) and Ganz et al. (2006)
$E_{\mathrm{s}}$	Substrate elasticity	5$·{10}^{-5}$	kg/($\mathrm{\mu }$m $·$ min${}^2)$	Dudaie et al. (2015)
$E_{\mathrm{c}}$	Cell elasticity	0.5$·{10}^{-5}$	kg/($\mathrm{\mu }$m $·$ min${}^2)$	Dudaie et al. (2015)
$\mathit{\beta }$	Cell mobility coefficient	1	min${}^{-1}$	Vermolen and Gefen (2012)
$\mathit{\mu }$	Friction coefficient	0.2	-	Dudaie et al. (2015)
D	Cell diffusivity	0.005	$\mathrm{\mu }$m/min	Estimated in this study
$D_{\mathrm{c}}$	Coefficient of chemokine diffusivity	0.001	$\mathrm{\mu }$m/min	Estimated in this study
$\mathit{\gamma }$	Secretion rate of the chemokine	10	min${}^{-1}$	Estimated in this study