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

Table 3

Definition of parameters and experimental values in damaged tissue model.

ParametersDescriptionValueReferences

Number of hepatocytes in liver cellsMouse phenome database
Rate at which activated neutrophils kill apoptotic hepatocytes9000/per neutrophil/hEstimated
Concentration of activated neutrophils which phagocytose half of apoptotic hepatocytesEstimated
Recovery rate of apoptotic hepatocytes0.5–2/h[46]