Figure 1
Description of the three zones of activity of the Basic Immune Simulator. 1a Zone 1, the parenchymal tissue zone. This represents a generic functional tissue (yellow circles represent Parenchymal Cell agents) within the body that becomes infected with a virus (represented as the red, diffusing signal). If one assumes the average diameter of a cell to be approximately 0.01 mm, then Zone 1 represents an area of about 1.0 mm2 of tissue. 1b Zone 2, the secondary lymphoid tissue zone. Secondary lymphoid tissue includes the lymph nodes and spleen. This is the site where the agents representing the lymphoid cells (B Cell agents, T Cell agents, and Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte agents) reside, and the site where the agents representing antigen presenting cells (Dendritic Cell agents) interact with the lymphoid agents causing them to proliferate. 1c Zone 3, the blood and lymphatic circulation. When the agents in the secondary lymphoid tissue proliferate (Zone 2), they migrate into the lymph/blood (Zone 3) and then travel back to the initial infection site (Zone 1).