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. 2021 Jun 25;20(5):1851–1870. doi: 10.1007/s10237-021-01480-2

Table 2.

List of parameters and default values of computational model

Parameter Description Value References
a1 Integrin catch–slip bond parameter 2.2 To fit data of Kong et al. (2009)
b1 Integrin catch–slip bond parameter 29.9 To fit data of Kong et al. (2009)
c1 Integrin catchslip bond parameter 8.4 To fit data of Kong et al. (2009)
a2 Integrin catch–slip bond parameter 1.2 To fit data of Kong et al. (2009)
b2 Integrin catch–slip bond parameter 16.2 To fit data of Kong et al. (2009)
c3 Integrin catch–slip bond parameter 37.8 To fit data of Kong et al. (2009)
R Cell radius 12 μm Typical value
ΔR Linking range around cell ±3 μm
Df Diameter of collagen fibers 180 nm Van Der Rijt et al. (2006)
Ef Young’s modulus of collagen fibers 1.1 MPa Jansen et al. (2018)
c˙ Contraction rate of stress fibers 0.1μms

Choquet et al. (1997);

Moore et al. (2010)

kBT Thermal energy 4.28·10-3aJ at 37C
Li RVE edge length in i-th coordinate direction 245μm
konf-f Chemical association rate for fiber linker 0.0001s-1
kofff-f Chemical dissociation rate for fiber linker 0.0001s-1
Δx Bell parameter 0.5 nm
NFA,max Maximal number of focal adhesions per cell 65

Kim and Wirtz (2013);

Horzum et al. (2014);

Mason et al. (2019)

Ni,FA,max Maximal number of integrins per focal adhesion 1000

Wiseman (2004);

Elosegui-Artola et al. (2014)

Ni,ic,max Maximal number of integrins per cluster 20

Changede et al. (2015);

Cheng et al. (2020)

konc-f Chemical association rate for integrin 0.1s-1 slightly modified Zhu et al. (2016)
di-f Distance between binding spots for integrinfiber links 50 nm López-García et al. (2010)