Prospective population pharmacokinetic study of tacrolimus in adult recipients early after liver transplantation: A comparison of Michaelis-Menten and theory-based pharmacokinetic models

Background and Objective: Tacrolimus, a calcineurin inhibitor widely used as a potent immunosuppressant to prevent graft rejection, exhibits nonlinear kinetics in patients with kidney transplantation and nephrotic syndrome. However, whether nonlinear drug metabolism occurs in adult patients undergoi...

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Main Authors: Xiao-Jun Cai, Rui-Dong Li, Jian-Hua Li, Yi-Feng Tao, Quan-Bao Zhang, Cong-Huan Shen, Xiao-Fei Zhang, Zheng-Xin Wang, Zheng Jiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2022.1031969/full