Research Article

Mathematical Model of Innate and Adaptive Immunity of Sepsis: A Modeling and Simulation Study of Infectious Disease

Table 4

Definition of parameters and experimental values in monocyte immune response model.

ParametersDescriptionValueReferences

Influx rate of monocytes into blood vessel0.5/h[44]
Rate at which pathogens are killed by inflammatory monocytes 7/per monocyte/h[47]
Influx rate of monocytes in liver80/h[48]
Resting monocyte carrying capacity in blood vessel50000 cells[49]
Apoptotic rate of resting monocytes per hour0.2/hEstimated
Apoptotic rate of activated monocytes (monocytes-derived-macrophage) per hour0.08/h[50]
The maximum number of HMGB-1 being released by monocytes per enzyme molecule per hour0.001/hEstimated
Number of monocytes at which the reaction rate is half of maximum production rate10000 cellsEstimated
Concentration of monocytes which phagocytose half of Salmonella [47]
Unbinding rate of binding activated monocytes0.4/h[51]
Degradation rate of HMGB-10.5–3/hEstimated
Rate at which activated neutrophils are killed by inflammatory monocytes200/monocyte/hEstimated