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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn. 2020 Sep 2;47(6):597–612. doi: 10.1007/s10928-020-09713-0

Table 2.

Glossary of parameters used in the PBPK model

Parameter Units Definition
PLQi L /h Plasma flow to the tissue “i
BCQi L /h Blood cell flow to the tissue “i
Li L /h Lymph flow from the tissue “i
VPlasma, VBC, VLymphNode L Volumes of the central plasma, central blood cell, and lymph node compartments
ViV, ViBC, ViE, ViIS, ViC L Volumes of the vascular, blood cell, endosomal, interstitial, and cellular compartments for the tissue “i
CPlasma, CBC, CLymphNode nM Concentrations in the central plasma, central blood cell, and lymph node compartments
CiV, CiBC, CiEUnbound, CiEBound, CiIS, CiCBound nM Concentrations in the vascular, blood cell, endosomal (Unbound and Bound), interstitial, and cellular (Bound) compartments for the tissue “i
FcRn M Concentration of FcRn in the endosomal space
σiV, σiIS Vascular and lymph reflection coefficients
KonFcRn, KonAg 1 /M/h Association rate constants between mAb and FcRn and mAb and Antigen
KoffFcRn, KoffAg 1/h Dissociation rate constants between mAb and FcRn and mAb and Antigen
FR Fraction of FcRn bound mAb that recycles to the vascular space
CLup L/h/L Rate of pinocytosis and exocytosis per unit endosomal space of the vascular endothelium
Kdeg 1/h First-order degradation rate constant of FcRn-unbound mAb in the endosomal space