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5.6 Our Compartment Model 31<br />

a<br />

✓❄<br />

✏<br />

✛ M<br />

✒ ✑<br />

c<br />

❄<br />

✛<br />

f1<br />

e1<br />

<br />

✠<br />

✛<br />

❄<br />

f1<br />

f1<br />

b<br />

✓<br />

Bn<br />

✏<br />

✒ ✑<br />

✻❅<br />

❅<br />

d<br />

✻<br />

δ<br />

✓ ✏ ✓ ✏<br />

k<br />

α<br />

✲ Ma<br />

✲ C<br />

✒ ✑ ✒ ✑<br />

e2<br />

✻<br />

❅<br />

❅❘<br />

f2<br />

f2<br />

❄<br />

✲<br />

α<br />

Amax<br />

kc+C<br />

Figure 5.5 shows the necrotic part of our modified compartment model. M, Ma, C and Bn<br />

are the concentrations of macrophages, activated macrophages, cytokines and necrotic β-cells<br />

respectively. An explanation of a, b, c, d, e1, e2, f1, f2, α, δ, Amax, kc is given in table 5.1.<br />

✓<br />

Ma<br />

✏<br />

✒ ✑<br />

❅<br />

k1❅<br />

❅<br />

❅❅❘ <br />

<br />

✓ ✏<br />

Bn<br />

✒ ✑<br />

✒<br />

❅❅■<br />

❅ k3<br />

❅<br />

❅✓<br />

✒<br />

k2<br />

❄<br />

MaBn<br />

k5<br />

✏<br />

✑<br />

k4<br />

✓<br />

✲ C<br />

✒<br />

✏<br />

✑<br />

Figure 5.6 shows the compartment system corresponding to equations 5.17 to 5.20. The active<br />

macrophages enter the MaBn-compartment at rate k1. The necrotic β-cells enter the same<br />

compartment at rate k2. The necrotic β-cell can either be broken down quietly, at rate k5<br />

or yield a cytokine, at rate k4. After digestion of the necrotic β-cell, the active macrophage<br />

returns to the compartment containing these, at rate k3, i.e. k3 is a digestion rate.<br />

equations we get<br />

Ma + Bn<br />

MaBn<br />

MaBn<br />

MaBn<br />

k1<br />

−→ MaBn (5.11)<br />

k3<br />

−→ Ma (5.12)<br />

k4<br />

−→ C + Ma (5.13)<br />

k5<br />

−→ Bn + Ma (5.14)<br />

❄<br />

(5.15)

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