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. 2019 Sep 9;19(2):427–444. doi: 10.1007/s10237-019-01219-0

Table 1.

Input values

Parameters Notation Value and units Source
Radius of cells R 8 μm De Paiva et al. (2006)
Radius of T-lymphocytes Rt 5 μm Estimated
Cell contraction force F 30 kg μm/h2 Estimated
Substrate elasticity Es 5 kg/μm h2 Estimated
Cell elasticity Ec 0.5 kg/μm h2 Estimated
Elasticity of T-lymphocytes Et 250 kg/μm h2 Estimated
Cell mobility coefficient β 60 h-1 Estimated
Friction coefficient μ 0.2 Vermolen and Gefen (2012)
Cytokine diffusivity Dc 5E3 μm2/h Bookholt et al. (2016)
PEGPH20 diffusivity Den 1E1 μm2/h Young et al. (1980)
Drug diffusivity Ddrug 1E4 μm2/h Jeon et al. (2002)
Secretion rate γ 5E6 mol/h μm3 Savinell et al. (1989)
Injection rate γ0 5E6 mol/h μm3 Estimated
Time step dt 0.01 h Estimated
Inner radius of T-islet R1 120 μm Estimated
Outer radius of t-islet R2 200 μm Estimated