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. 2019 Aug 15;9:11890. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48347-2

Table 3.

Parameter inputs to the computational models.

Parameter Range or value Note
Construct radii (r) 54–2142.5 μm 12
Mean organoid cell density (ρ) 2.52•1014 cells/m3 Close to in vivo density26
Single cell maximal OCR for human stem cells 2.75•10−17 mol/cell.s 44
Initial oxygen concentration 0.2 mol/m3 Maximum available oxygen concentration in water, from Henry’s law
Michaelis-Menten constant for stem cells (km1) 0.201 mol/m3 44
Oxygen diffusion in the organoid (Dorg) 1.07•10−9 m2/s Typical in vivo value27
Oxygen diffusion constant in gel shell (DM) 10−9 m2/s 28
Oxygen diffusion constant in water at 37 °C 3•10−9 m2/s 25
Oxygen concentration on hydrogel boundary (Co) 0.2 mol/m3 45
Inlet velocity 10−3 m/s 29
Minimum viable oxygen concentration (Ccrit) 0.04 mol/m3 3