immuno recombinant cytokines and therapeutic antibodies (FA 216-217) Flashcards
1
Q
Oprelvekin
what is it and what is it used for?
A
IL-11, thrombocytopenia
2
Q
Filgrastim
what is it and what is it used for?
A
granulocyte colony stimulating factor, recovery of bone marrow
3
Q
Sargramostim
what is it and what is it used for?
A
granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor, recovery of bone marrow
4
Q
Aldesleukin
what is it and what is it used for?
A
IL-2, renal cell carcinoma, metastatic melanoma
5
Q
IFN alpha
what is it used to treat?
A
chronic hep B and C, kaposi sarcoma, hairy cell leukemia, condyloma acuminatum, renal cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma
6
Q
IFN beta
what is it used to treat?
A
MS
7
Q
IFN gamma
what is it used to treat?
A
chronic granulomatous disease