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. 2021 Jun 9;17(6):e1009031. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009031

Table 1. Parameter definitions and values.

Parameter Description Value Units Reference
dT Uninfected CD4+ T-cell death rate 0.01 per day [18,53]
rT CD4+ T-cell proliferation rate per day Estimated for individual macaques
κ Carrying capacity for the CD4+ T cell population a cells/ml Calculated
α Latent cell activation rate 0.001 per day [7]
dL Latent cell death rate b per day Calculated
rL Latent cell proliferation rate b per day Calculated
dL+ α -rL Decay rate of the latent cell reservoir 0.0182b per day [32]
f Fraction of infections resulting in latency 10−5 Calibratedc
m Rate cytotoxic effector cells kill infected cell ml/cell per day Estimated for individual macaques
δ Infected cell death rate due to viral cytopathic effects in baseline model 0.60 per day Calibrated
p Viral production rate RNA copies per cell per day Estimated for individual macaques
c Viral clearance rate 23 per day [5456]
λE Effector cell source rate 103 cells / ml per day Calibratedd
μ Death rate of cytotoxic effector cells 0.32 per day [30]
bE Maximum proliferation rate for cytotoxic effector cells 1.62 per day [30,31]
dE Maximum exhaustion rate for cytotoxic effector cells in baseline model 1.35 per day Calibrated
KB Saturation constant for cytotoxic effector cell expansion cells/ml Estimated for individual macaques
KD Saturation constant for cytotoxic effector cell exhaustion 55 KB cells/ml [32]
ε Efficacy of cART 0.90 Assumed
T(0)β Free virus infection rate 5 ⨉ 10−3 cells/SIV RNA per day Assumed
Aα4β7 Total amount of anti-α4β7 antibody infused 805 μg/ml 50 mg/kg for a 5.3 kg [57] macaque with 329 ml of blood
V(0) Initial virus concentration 413 SIV RNA copies/ml Estimated
k0 Elimination rate of anti-α4β7 antibody 0.048 per day Estimated
k12 Distribution rate of anti-α4β7 antibody to tissue 0.165 per day Estimated
k21 Distribution rate of anti-α4β7 antibody to blood from tissue 0.008 per day Calibratede
κα4β7 Fraction of CD4+ T cells that are α4β7+ 0.73 [1]
EC50 Half-maximal concentration for anti-α4β7 antibody binding to CD4 T cells 2.76 ⨉ 10-2 μg/ml [58]
KP Saturation constant for the source of effector cells in the saturated source model cell/ml Estimated for individual macaques
γ Fold increase in viral clearance rate Estimated for individual treated macaques
1/ψC Antibody concentration of half-maximal effect for increased viral clearance μg/ml Estimated for individual treated macaques
1/ψN Antibody concentration of half-maximal effect for neutralization 1/ψN = 1/ψC μg/ml Estimated for individual treated macaques
𝕀N Indicator variable for the presence of the effect of viral neutralization from the anti-α4β7 antibody 1 when present; 0 otherwise
𝕀A Indicator variable for the presence of the effect of an increase in the effector cell source rate from the anti-α4β7 antibody 1 when present; 0 otherwise
Maximum rate protection wanes per day Estimated for individual treated macaques
Maximum rate target cells become protected per day Estimated for individual treated macaques
Ω Half-saturation constant for the effect the anti-α4β7 antibody has on increasing antigen presentation μg/ml Estimated for individual treated macaques

a The carrying capacity was calculated such that in the absence of productively infected and latently infected cells the CD4+ T cell population would be in steady state at the initial target cell concentration.

b Specifying the latent cell activation rate, the difference between the latent cell death rate and the latent cell proliferation rate is such that the half-life of the latent cell reservoir is 38 days.

c The fraction of infections resulting in latency was calibrated during the initial stages of fitting such that the viral load under cART was greater than 1 SIV RNA copies/ml during chronic HIV infection.

d The source rate of effector cells was chosen such that the effector cell concentration in the baseline model was relatively comparable to the concentration of HIV specific CD8+ T cells during HIV infection.

e The distribution rate of the antibody to the blood from the tissue was calibrated at 0.001 intervals to maximize the likelihood of the antibody dynamics from the pharmacokinetic model.