Figure 6.

Rates for extracellular killing of pathogens predicted by the SEK-SBM (A) and the MEK-SBM (B,C). The time course of extracellular killing caused by antimicrobial peptides that were released upon initial phagocytosis by heterophils [with rate ${\kappa }_{EK}^P(t)$] is depicted in (A) for the SEK-SBM and in (B) for the MEK-SBM. The latter SBM additionally contains the mechanism of extracellular killing by peptides that were present immediately upon infection. The predicted values of the respective rate ${\kappa }_{EM}^P$ are shown for the different infection scenarios in (C).