Odd stuff 3 Flashcards
What is Bortezomib and carfilzomib used for?
proteasome inhibitors, induce arrest at G2-M, apoptosis, not in sketchy
What is Trastuzumab used for?
What two cancers are we used in?
Monoclonal antibody against HER 2, a tyrosine kinase receptor, tapestry weaver
Gastric and Breast Cancer
What is the Vemurafenib used for?
Small molecule inhibitor of BRAF oncogene melanoma, “venom” on the “Dont tread on me” flag, Multiple Myeloma
What is Rasburicase used for?
synthetic move from uric acid to allantoin, not in sketchy
Sunitinib and Soratinib inhibit what? They are not in First Aid, sketchy only
VEGF, flowers in the sketchy video, can be used in RCC
What does BAX and BAK are what? What does Bcl-2 and BCL-x are what?
proapoptotic antiapoptotic
What immunosuppresant drug blocks calcineurin, prevents IL-2 transcription?
What is a problem with it?
cyclosporine
gingival hyperplasia, nephrotoxic
What immunosuppresant drug blocks FK506, preventing IL-2 transcription?
What is good about it?
Tacrolimus
No nephrotoxicity, no gingival hyperplasia, and no neurotoxicity
What immunosupressant hits mTOR, blocks mTOR and is not nephrotoxic?
Sirolimus (Rapamycin), not nephrotoxic
What -mab blocks IL-2R?
Basiliximab
When a graft is from yourself, what is it?
autograft
When a graft is from an identical twin or clone?
Isograft
When a graft is from a non-identical individual of same species?
Allograft
What a graft is from a different species, what is it?
Xenograft
What toxin is from a pufferfish? What is the MOA?
Tetrodotoxin, binds fast voltage-gated Na+, prevents depolarization
What toxin is from a reef fish such as a barracuda, snapper, and moray eel?
Opens Na channels, depolarization Ciguatoxin
What toxin is from a dark meat fish, such as tuna, mahi mahi? What is the MOA?
Histamine bacterial histidine decarboxylase prevents histidine to histamine, usually misdiagonsed as a fish allergy
What -mab rapidly reverses Dagtroban?
Idarucizumab
When we have anemia, and we want to stimulate/have an increase in erythopoietin, what drug do we give?
Epoetin alfa
What drug increases granulocytes?
What drug increases monocyte counts too?
Filgrastim
Sargramostim