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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2008 Apr 30;326(2):532–545. doi: 10.1124/jpet.108.137372

Table 4.

Model Parameters for Paw Edema.

Parameter (units) Description Estimate CV%
π1 (mm2·ng_TNF−1) Intrinsic activity of TNF-α mRNA on Paw edema 0.0021662 4.19
π2 (mm2·ng_TNF−1) Intrinsic activity of IL-1β mRNA on Paw edema 0.001750 8.58
π3 (mm2·ng_TNF−1) Intrinsic activity of IL-6 mRNA on Paw edema 0.00005530 4.88
kin_PAW (hr−1) Synthesis rate constant for paw edema 6.787 7.35
PAW0 (mm2) Initial value of paw size in Lewis rats 8 weeks old 81.68 0.362
kgrowth (mm2 hr−1) Zero-order synthesis rate constant for natural paw growth 0.01297 8.55