Research Article

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

Table 6

Definition of parameters and experimental values in full model with adaptive immunity.

ParametersDescriptionValueReferences

The influx rate of CD4+ T cells to blood vessel0.014[52]
CD4+ T cell carrying capacity in the blood vessel[52]
Degradation rate of CD4+ T cells0.00083–0.001[52]
The influx rate of CD8+ T cells to blood vessel0.0625[52]
CD8+ T cell carrying capacity in the blood vessel[52]
Degradation rate of CD8+ T cells0.00079–0.001[52]
The influx rate of B cells to blood vessel0.0122[52]
B cell carrying capacity in the blood vessel[52]
Degradation rate of B cells0.00012–0.00016[53, 54]
The maximum production amount of antibody by B cells0.00053[49, 55, 56]
Number of B cells at which the reaction rate is half of maximum production rate10000Estimated
Degradation rate of antibody0.0035–0.01[57]
Rate at which pathogens are killed by antibody1Estimated based on [49, 56, 57]
Concentration of antibody which kills half of Salmonella 0.035Estimated
Rate at which pathogens are killed by CD4+ T cells8[47, 58, 59]
Concentration of CD4+ T cells which kill half of Salmonella 0.0015Estimated
Rate at which binding Kupffer Cells are killed by CD8+ T cells0.25[59]
Concentration of CD8+ T cells which kill half of binding antigen presenting cells0.0015Estimated
Rate at which binding activated neutrophils are killed by CD8+ T cells0.25[59]
Rate at which binding activated monocytes are killed by CD8+ T cells0.25[59]
Rate at which CD4+ T cells bind to activated monocytes4[59]
Rate at which CD8+ T cells bind to activated monocytes4[59]
Activated monocyte concentration produces half occupation on T cells0.0075Estimated
Rate at which B cells bind to T cells1–10Estimated
B cell concentration produces half occupation on T cells0.045Estimated
Rate at which binding CD4+ T cells are killed by activated monocytes0.73–2[60]
Rate at which binding CD8+ T cells are killed by activated monocytes0.73–2[60]
Concentration of activated monocytes which kill half of binding T cells0.018Estimated