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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Rev Biomed Eng. 2012;40(4):295–312. doi: 10.1615/critrevbiomedeng.v40.i4.50

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

General PK/PD paradigm that accounts for the primary factors governing the effects of most anti-inflammatory agents. The pharmacokinetics, target site drug distribution, mechanisms of drug action, inflammatory provocation processes, resultant mediators or biomarkers, and target tissues are primary components needing recognition in most models.