Research Article

Mathematical Modeling Reveals the Role of Hypoxia in the Promotion of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Long-Term Expansion

Table 1

Model parameter values for normoxic and hypoxic conditions fitted from MSC expansion data collected in experiment A. : net expansion rate; : death rate of nondividing cells; , , and are the upper bound, the steepness, and the midpoint time of the logistic state transition rate , respectively.

ParameterNormoxiaHypoxia

(day−1)0.34720.3505
(day−1)0.01330.0183
(day−1)0.35880.3967
0.31690.3944
(day)47.349472.3664