Affiliation:
1. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2. University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Abstract
A complex bio-mechanism, referred to as calcium homeostasis, regulates plasma ionized calcium (Ca++) concentration in the human body to within a narrow physiologic range which is crucial for maintaining normal physiology and metabolism. In this paper we present a qualitative model of the calcium homeostatic system and then focus on a particular sub-system, termed Ca-PTH axis. We consider the dynamics of the axis involving the response of the parathyroid glands to acute changes in plasma Ca++ concentration. We use a two-pool, linear time-varying model to describe the Ca-PTH axis. We show that this model, parameterized using a guided iterative parametrization scheme and induced hypocalcemic clamp test data, successfully predicts dynamics observed in clinical tests of induced hypercalcemia in normal humans.
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