Table 4. Kinetic parameters used for calculating the effect of the downregulation of RBP4.

Parameter	Dimension/unit	Localization	Reference
Retinol Rt, MW	286 kDa	Liver cytoplasm
[Rt]	1.73±0.34 µmol/L; 343.1±12.74 µg/L ( = 1.20 µmol/L)	Human cytoplasm; human serum	Flex et al., 1979; Raza et al., 2009.
RBP 4 (P1), MW	21000 kDa	Liver cytoplasm	Kanai et al., 1968.
[P1]	3.23±0.62 µmol/L	Human cytoplasm	Flex et al., 1979.
Prealbumin (P2), MW	55000 kDa (transthyretin, TTR)	Plasma
[P2]	4.91±1.27 µmol/L	Human cytoplasm	Flex et al., 1979.
[Rt−P1]−P2, MW	55286 kDa	Cytoplsam	This paper
Kd1	0.664 µmol/L; 0.20 µmol/L	Cytoplasma; recombinant protein	This paper; Wysocka-Kapcinska et al., 2010
Kd2	0.075±0.015 µmol/L	Plasma	Flex et al., 1979.
Kd3	0.33±0.11 µmol/L; 0.4 µmol/L	Plasma; recombinant TTR	Flex et al., 1979; Berni et al., 1994.
Kd4	0.06 µmol/L		Dong et al., 1999.
Kd5	0.13 µmol/L		Dong et al., 1999.