Table 5.
Parameter symbols and definitions
| Parameter | Unit | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Qorgan | ml/min | Plasma flow rate to organ |
| Lorgan | ml/min | Lymph flow rate to organ |
| Vp | ml | Volume of plasma compartment |
| ml | Volume of organ vascular space | |
| ml | Volume of organ endosomal space | |
| ml | Volume of vascular space | |
| Cplasma | M | Antibody concentration in plasma |
| Cplasma(0) | M | Antibody concentration in plasma at time zero |
| M | Antibody concentration in each organ vascular space | |
| M | Antibody concentration in each organ endosomal space | |
| M | Antibody concentration in each organ interstitial space | |
| CLorgan | ml/min | Antibody clearance from each organ |
| K0 | M/min | Endogenous IgG production rate |
| nptorgan | M | FcRn concentration in each organ |
| M | Antibody-FcRn equilibrium dissociation constant | |
| fuorgan | Fraction of antibody unbound to FcRn | |
| Fraction of antibody unbound to tumor antigen in the interstitial space | ||
| FR | Fraction of antibody recycled upon binding to FcRn | |
| R1 | min−1 | Endosomal uptake and recycling rate of antibody |
| Vascular reflection coefficient of each organ | ||
| Lymph reflection coefficient of each organ | ||
| Tau | min | Transit time for lymph transfer from lymph node to plasma |
| Xlymph | mol | Amount of antibody in lymph compartment |
| ml | Volume of tumor cellular sub-compartment | |
| M | Antibody-CEA equilibrium dissociation constant | |
| kint | min−1 | Antibody-CEA internalization rate constant |
| FA | Fraction of antigen available for antibody binding | |
| nPtorgan | M | Tumor antigen concentration in the tumor cellular space |