<p> <b>cells/cm<sup>2</sup></b> (<b>a</b>) <b>and 10,000 cells/cm<sup>2</sup></b> (<b>b</b>) <b>at t = 48 </b><b>hours.</b> Concentrations are in units of pM. For this data, <i>r</i> = 5×10<sup>−13</sup> moles/m<sup>2</sup>/s (approximately 10 molecules/cell/s), <i>k<sub>on</sub></i> = 10<sup>8</sup> 1/(M.min), <i>R</i> = 10<sup>5</sup> receptors per cell, diffusion co-efficient = 10<sup>−10</sup> m<sup>2</sup>/s. More detailed models are described in the supporting information (<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0051796#pone.0051796.s004" target="_blank">Text S2</a>, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0051796#pone.0051796.s005" target="_blank">Text S3</a>).</p
<p>Measured (black dots) and fitted (red dots) time concentration profiles for 9,10-DiHOME (AA metab...
<p>Experimental data shown in blue, fitted simulated data shown in red. A. Ratio of larger cell volu...
<p>Simulation results for the difference in receptor occupancy, Δn, between the front and back halve...
<p>Circles are obtained from the simulation; the lines are guides to the eye. For this data, the sec...
<p>Concentration-time profiles of ligand computed at medium cell density () for nM. These profiles ...
<p>Diffusion units are pix<sup>2</sup>/s and µm<sup>2</sup>/s, decay units are MCS<sup>−1</sup> and ...
[a]<p>average concentration found in human blood.</p>[b]<p>protein radius calculated as if each prot...
<p>Plot of the concentration profiles of the various intracellular proteins and the cell-mass over a...
<p>Ligand profiles computed as a function of distance at low cell density () for nM. The -values (s...
<p>Time course simulations were run from steady states belonging to different parameter sets as desc...
The method of volume averaging is used to analyze the process of diffusion in concentrated cell ense...
Each run begins with randomly positioned P, N and S cells with a concentration of 0.05 each. For all...
<p>Concentration-time profiles of LRI computed at high (, curves a) and low (, curves b) cell densit...
<p>(A-E) Cell-to-cell heterogeneity was modelled by varying parameter values and input characteristi...
Three sets of initial conditions are described in the text. These converge to similar distributions ...
<p>Measured (black dots) and fitted (red dots) time concentration profiles for 9,10-DiHOME (AA metab...
<p>Experimental data shown in blue, fitted simulated data shown in red. A. Ratio of larger cell volu...
<p>Simulation results for the difference in receptor occupancy, Δn, between the front and back halve...
<p>Circles are obtained from the simulation; the lines are guides to the eye. For this data, the sec...
<p>Concentration-time profiles of ligand computed at medium cell density () for nM. These profiles ...
<p>Diffusion units are pix<sup>2</sup>/s and µm<sup>2</sup>/s, decay units are MCS<sup>−1</sup> and ...
[a]<p>average concentration found in human blood.</p>[b]<p>protein radius calculated as if each prot...
<p>Plot of the concentration profiles of the various intracellular proteins and the cell-mass over a...
<p>Ligand profiles computed as a function of distance at low cell density () for nM. The -values (s...
<p>Time course simulations were run from steady states belonging to different parameter sets as desc...
The method of volume averaging is used to analyze the process of diffusion in concentrated cell ense...
Each run begins with randomly positioned P, N and S cells with a concentration of 0.05 each. For all...
<p>Concentration-time profiles of LRI computed at high (, curves a) and low (, curves b) cell densit...
<p>(A-E) Cell-to-cell heterogeneity was modelled by varying parameter values and input characteristi...
Three sets of initial conditions are described in the text. These converge to similar distributions ...
<p>Measured (black dots) and fitted (red dots) time concentration profiles for 9,10-DiHOME (AA metab...
<p>Experimental data shown in blue, fitted simulated data shown in red. A. Ratio of larger cell volu...
<p>Simulation results for the difference in receptor occupancy, Δn, between the front and back halve...