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. 2021 Aug 18;4:983. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02499-y

Table 1.

Description of the model.

Component Variable Type Governing equations
Tumor cells NC Agent-based

ρP=p(1+δPΔP)(1ζΔMGA)11+NC/K0(1a)

ρA=dC(1δAΔA)(1b)

ρNK=δMUTNNKNCK1+NNKENK1+NTregK2(1δIEΔIE)(1ζΔMIE)(1c)

ρR=1+ζp(1+δPΔP)ΔMGA11+NC/K0(1d)

NK cells NNK ODE NNK=σNKdNKNNK(2)
CTLs NCTL ODE NCTL=σCTLNMUT*dCTLNCTL(3)
Tregs NTreg ODE NTreg=σTregNMUT*τ1+τ/K4dTregNTreg(4)
TGF-β τ Algebraic τ = τMUTNMUT + τTregNTreg(5)

Tumor cells (NC) are modeled discretely as agents; all other variables are modeled continuously. Each tumor cell exists in one of 23 states by mutation profile, see Methods for description.