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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2018 Jul 9;46(11):1938–1950. doi: 10.1007/s10439-018-2086-7

Table 2. Parameters for collagen and smooth muscle cells, found from experiments or the literature27,28, which are used as inputs to the computational G&R model.

Native Vein Mechanical Fitting
Parameter Description Value Units
c1,hc C57BL/6 collagen material parameter 1 4.2 kPa
c2,hc C57BL/6 collagen material parameter 2 0.1 (−)
c1,hsm C57BL/6 SMC material parameter 1 1.68 kPa
c2,hsm C57BL/6 SMC material parameter 2 0.36 (−)
c1,hc SCID/bg collagen material parameter 1 2 kPa
c2,hc SCID/bg collagen material parameter 2 0.5 (−)
c1,hsm SCID/bg SMC material parameter 1 3.1 kPa
c2,hsm SCID/bg SMC material parameter 2 3.15 (−)
Prior G&R Simulations
Parameter Description Value Units
mhm,c basal collagen production rate 0.123 mg/(m2·days)
khm,c basal collagen degradation rate34 1/80 days
mhm,sm basal SMC production rate 0.131 mg/(m2·days)
khm,sm basal SMC degradation rate34 1/80 days
Kσm production gain from circumferential stress24 1 (−)
Kτwm production gain from wall shear stress25 5 (−)
Kwi baseline wounding response25 5 (−)
rn critical pore size8 10 μm