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. 2019 Aug 31;10(9):580. doi: 10.3390/mi10090580

Table 1.

The values of the parameters used in the proposed model.

Parameters Values Units Descriptions
ρ 993.3 kg/m3 Density of water at 37 °C, [28]
Μ 6.92 ×104 Pa·s Viscosity of water at 37 °C, [28]
Dglucosewater 9.27 ×1010 m2/s Diffusion coefficient of glucose through water [28]
DO2water 2.6 ×109 m2/s Diffusion coefficient of oxygen through water [28]
D1 4.22 ×1011 m2/s Diffusion coefficient of glucose through EMT6/Ro cancerous tissue [26]
D2 1.65 ×109 m2/s Diffusion coefficient of oxygen through EMT6/Ro cancerous tissue [26]
Cglucosecritical 0.06 mM Critical concentration of glucose for EMT6/Ro spheroid [26]
CO2critical 0.02 mM Critical concentration of oxygen for EMT6/Ro spheroid [26]
V1 4.36 ×102 mol/m3/s Maximum consumption rate of glucose for EMT6/Ro spheroid [29]
V2 2.74 ×102 mol/m3/s Maximum consumption rate of oxygen for EMT6/Ro spheroid [29]
K1 4 ×102 mol/m3 Michaelis constant of glucose for EMT6/Ro spheroid [28]
K2 4.64 ×103 mol/m3 Michaelis constant of oxygen for EMT6/Ro spheroid, Casciari et al. [12]
Ap 1.2153 ×109 1/s Apoptosis rate constant for EMT6/Ro spheroid, Mahmood et al. [30]
An 2 ×106 1/s Necrosis rate constant for EMT6/Ro spheroid, Mahmood et al. [30]
A 3.3×102 * 1/h Proliferation rate constant for 0.8 mM glucose and 0.28 mM oxygen for EMT6/Ro spheroid [14]

* Obtained from the exponential cell doubling time (21 h).