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Table 2 Additional derived parameters employed in kinetics model

From: On the utility of a compartmental population kinetics model of intestinal epithelial stem cell proliferation and differentiation

Parameter

Meaning

Definition

Units

ω d

Total transit-amplifying cell loss rate

k 2 + k 3 - β

day-1

ω e

Total absorptive progenitor cell loss rate

k 5 - γ

day-1

ω s

Total secretory progenitor cell loss rate

k 4 + k 6+ k 7- δ

day-1

ω m

Total goblet / Paneth progenitor cell loss rate

k 8 + k 9 - ζ

day-1