Figure 2.

Antibacterial function of mast cells producing proteases. Bacterial growth (A) when mast cells produced no protease, i.e., k₂₅ = 0, or (B) did produce protease at a first order rate constant k₂₅ = 65/min (full red line), or k₂₅ = 130/min (dashed red line) (B). In both cases, bacteria were seeded into the network at t = 0. Mast cell concentration was the standard 0.1 fM. (C) Scheme showing the network response to the bacterial challenge.