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. 2022 Mar 16;14(3):654. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14030654
ADA Antidrug antibodies
Alb Albumin
ALK Alkaline phosphatase
AUC Area under the plasma concentration–time curve
BID Twice a day
BIW Twice a week
BSA Body Surface Area
BW Body weight
Cavg Average concentration
Cmax Maximum concentration
CMT Compartment
CL Clearance
CL/F Apparent clearance
Cr Creatinine
CrCL Creatinine clearance
CRP Baseline C-reactive protein level
Ctrough Minimum trough concentration
D Day
DB Diabetes
DLQI Dermatologic Life Quality Index
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
EC50 Serum drug concentration causing 50% of the maximum effect
Emax Maximum drug effect
E–R Exposure–response
Fc Fragment crystallizable
FcγR Fcγ receptor
FcRn Neonatal Fc receptor
γ Hill’s coefficient
hs-CRP High-sensitivity C-reactive protein
HTA Hypertension
IC50 Median serum drug concentration causing 50% of the maximum inhibitory effect
IFN Interferon
IIV Inter-individual variability
IL Interleukin
IM Intramuscular
IV Intravenous
ka Absorption rate constant
Km Michaelis–Menten constant
kin Formation rate of psoriatic skin lesions
kout Remission rate of psoriatic skin lesion
LE Linear elimination
mAb Monoclonal antibody
mDC Myeloid dendritic cell
MM Mixture model
MTX Past methotrexate use
NF- κB Nuclear factor kappa B
NLE Nonlinear elimination
NR Non-responder patients
OR Oral
PASI Psoriasis Area Severity Index
PASI75-W12 PASI75 responder status at the week 12 primary
PGA Physician Global Assessment
PDE4 Phosphodiesterase-4
PD Pharmacodynamic
PK Pharmacokinetics
PK/PD Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodymamics
PLBM Maximum placebo effect
PP Palmoplantar psoriasis.
PsA Psoriatic arthritis
Pso Psoriasis
Q Intercompartmental transfer clearance
QD Every day
QW Every week
Q2W Once every 2 weeks
Q4W Once every 4 weeks
Q8W Once every 8 weeks
Q12W Once every 12 weeks
R Responder patients
RSE Relative standard error
SC Subcutaneous
SM Single model
SMDs Small-molecule drugs
sPGA Static Physician Global Assessment
TMDD Target mediated drug disposition
TDM Therapeutic drug monitoring
TID Three times a day
Th T helper lymphocytes
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor alpha
URI Upper respiratory infection
VC Central volume of distribution
V/F Apparent volume of distribution
Vmax maximal velocity for nonlinear elimination
VPz Peripheral volume of distribution
W Week