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. 2020 Jul 22;8:762. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00762

Table 3.

The transport and exchange rates between Section Hepatic Bloodstream (SHB) and Section Hepatocytes (SH).

Transport variables Rate functions for cross-membrane transportation
Fructose TFru=VGLUT2pump*FruSHBKmGLUT2-pump+FruSHB+VGLUT2ex*FruSHB-FruSHKmGLUT2-ex+FruSHB+FruSH+VGLUT5pump*FruSHBKmGLUT5-pump+FruSHB+VGLUT5ex*FruSHB-FruSHKmGLUT5-ex+FruSHB+FruSH
Pyruvate/lactate [simplified from Ashworth et al. (2016)] TPyr=VPyrex*PyrSHB-PyrSHKmPyr-ex+PyrSHB+PyrSH
Fatty acids (palmitate) [simplified from Ashworth et al. (2016)] TFA=VFAex*FASHB-FASHKmFA-ex+FASHB+FFASH+Vactive*FASHB(Kmactive+FASHB)(1+InsInsrefactive)
Triglyceride [simplified from Ashworth et al. (2016)] TTG=VTGex*(TGSHB-TGSHTGref)KmTG-ex+TGSHB+TGSHTGref- Vout*TGSH(Kmout+TGSH)