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W Estelberger1, G Weiss, W Petek, B Paletta, H Wachter, G Reibnegger.
Abstract
Pharmacokinetic modelling was used to determine the glomerular filtration rate and tubular secretion of neopterin, a marker for cellular immune activation. The method involves parameter identification employing the transient venous plasma concentration profiles of marker substances. By combined i.v. injection of neopterin and inulin which is excreted exclusively via glomerular filtration, neopterin was shown to be excreted in addition to glomerular filtration, by tubular secretion: clearance of inulin, 112 (S.D. 2.2) ml/liter; clearance of neopterin, 499 (S.D. 79.7) ml/min. A pilot experiment using in addition p-amino hippuric acid suggests that neopterin and p-amino hippuric acid may employ the same carrier system for tubular secretion.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8354387 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)80182-t
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124