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An Intestine/Liver Microphysiological System for Drug Pharmacokinetic and Toxicological Assessment
Published on: December 3, 2020
Pharmacokinetic Modeling of the Glucoregulatory System
T G Farmer1, T F Edgar, N A Peppas
1Department of Chemical, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C0400, Austin, TX 78712-0231, USA.
Abstract:
A pharmacokinetic model is proposed to describe the glucoregulatory process. The model describes the dynamics of glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids, as well as both the hormonal actions and dynamics of insulin, glucagon, epinephrine, and glucagon-like peptide-one. The model was developed assuming that the dynamics of each species occurrs in only one compartment. Several forms of the metabolic absorption and elimination rates, along with possibilities for increasing the complexity of each compartmental model are discussed. Once properly identified and validated, the novel model has the potential to be more descriptive than other models describing glucose dynamics in the body.
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