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. 2018 Jun 7;446:87–100. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.03.006

Table 3.

Parameters. When there is a range for a value, it is set randomly by the model.

Parameter Description Value Source
N Size of grid (N × N) 100 (Segovia-Juarez et al., 2004)
Nv Number of blood vessels 49 (Cilfone et al., 2013)
ϕOb (Micromoles/cell/hr) Oxygen consumption rate of bacteria 20.8×106 (Sershen et al., 2016)
ϕOmr (Micromoles/cell/hr) Oxygen consumption rate of Mr 1.15×107 (Sershen et al., 2016)
ϕOma (Micromoles/cell/hr) Oxygen consumption rate of Ma 2.3×107 (Sershen et al., 2016)
ϕOmi (Micromoles/cell/hr) Oxygen consumption rate of Mi 3.45×107 (Sershen et al., 2016)
ϕOmci (Micromoles/cell/hr) Oxygen consumption rate of Mci 4.6×107 (Sershen et al., 2016)
ϕOt (Micromoles/cell/hr) Oxygen consumption rate of T cells 0.14375×107 (Sershen et al., 2016)
ϕDrugb (Micromoles/cell/hr) Antibiotic consumption rate of extracellular bacteria 2.1×1011 (Pienaar et al., 2015)
ϕDrugmi (Micromoles/cell/hr) Antibiotic consumption rate of infected macrophages 1.9×106 (Pienaar et al., 2015)
Repf (hours) Replication rate of fast-growing bacteria 15–32 (Shorten et al., 2013)
Reps (hours) Replication rate of slow-growing bacteria 48–96 (Hendon-Dunn et al., 2016)
Olow (%) O2 threshold for fast → slow-growing bacteria 6 Estimated - see Section 4.1
Ohigh (%) O2 threshold for slow → fast-growing bacteria 65 Estimated - see Section 4.1
Mrinit Initial number of Mr in the domain 105 (Cilfone et al., 2013)
MrMa Probability of Mr → Ma (multiplied by no. of T cells in neighbourhood) 9 (Cilfone et al., 2013)
Nici Number of bacteria needed for Mi → Mci 10 (Cilfone et al., 2013)
Ncib Number of bacteria needed for Mci to burst 20 (Cilfone et al., 2013)
Mlife (days) Lifespan of Mr, Mi and Mci 0–100 (Van Furth et al., 1973)
Malife (days) Lifespan of Ma 10 (Segovia-Juarez et al., 2004)
tmoveMr (mins) Time interval for Mr movement 20 (Segovia-Juarez et al., 2004)
tmoveMa (hours) Time interval for Ma movement 7.8 (Segovia-Juarez et al., 2004)
tmoveMi (hours) Time interval for Mi/Mci movement 24 (Segovia-Juarez et al., 2004)
Mrrecr Probability of Mr recruitment 0.07 (Cilfone et al., 2013)
Tenter Bacteria needed for T cells to enter the system 50 (Cilfone et al., 2013)
Trecr Probability of T cell recruitment 0.02 (Cilfone et al., 2013)
Tlife (days) Lifespan of T cells 0–3 (Sprent, 1993)
Tkill Probability of T cell killing Mi/Mci 0.75 (Cilfone et al., 2013)
tmoveT (mins) Time interval for T cell movement 10 (Segovia-Juarez et al., 2004)
tdrug (hours) Time at which drug is administered 168–2160 (Asefa, Teshome, 2014, Osei, Akweongo, Binka, 2015)
DrugKillf (%) Drug needed to kill fast-growing bacteria 2 (Hammond et al., 2015)
DrugKills (%) Drug needed to kill slow-growing bacteria 10 (Hammond et al., 2015)
DrugKillMi (%) Drug needed to kill intracellular bacteria 20 (Aljayyoussi et al., 2017)