L03A Immunostimulants

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Colony stimulating factor Colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) are secreted glycoproteins that bind to receptor proteins on the surfaces of hemopoietic stem cells, thereby activating intracellular signaling pathways that can cause the cells to proliferate and differentiat ...
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Filgrastim Filgrastim, sold under the brand name Neupogen among others, is a medication used to treat low neutrophil count. Low neutrophil counts may occur with HIV/AIDS, following chemotherapy or radiation poisoning, or be of an unknown cause. It may ...

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Molgramostim Molgramostim is a recombinant granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor which functions as an immunostimulator Immunostimulants, also known as immunostimulators, are substances (drugs and nutrients) that stimulate the immune system by ind ...

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Sargramostim Sargramostim (tradename Leukine) is a recombinant granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) that functions as an immunostimulator. Medical uses Sargramostim is primarily used for myeloid reconstitution after autologous or allogene ...

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Lenograstim Lenograstim is a recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF or GCSF), also known as colony-stimulating factor 3 (CSF 3), is a glycoprotein that stimulates the bone marrow to produce granulocy ...

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Ancestim Ancestim is a recombinant methionyl human stem cell factor, branded by Amgen as StemGen. It was developed by Amgen and sold to Biovitrium, now Swedish Orphan Biovitrum, in December, 2008.Amgen press officeBiovitrum Closes Product Acquisition Dea ...

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Pegfilgrastim Pegfilgrastim, sold under the brand name Neulasta among others, is a PEGylated form of the recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) analog filgrastim. It serves to stimulate the production of white blood cells ( neutrophils ...

:L03AA14 Lipegfilgrastim :L03AA15 Balugrastim :L03AA16 Empegfilgrastim :L03AA17 Pegteograstim :L03AA18 Efbemalenograstim alfa :QL03AA90 Pegbovigrastim

L03AB Interferons

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Interferon alfa Interferon alfa (INN) or HuIFN-alpha-Le, trade name Multiferon, is a pharmaceutical drug composed of natural interferon alpha (IFN-α), obtained from the leukocyte fraction of human blood following induction with Sendai virus. Interferon alfa con ...

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Interferon gamma Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) is a dimerized soluble cytokine that is the only member of the type II class of interferons. The existence of this interferon, which early in its history was known as immune interferon, was described by E. F. Wheeloc ...

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Interferon alfa-2b Interferon alfa-2b is an antiviral or antineoplastic drug. It is a recombinant form of the protein Interferon alpha-2 that was originally sequenced and produced recombinantly in '' E. coli'' in the laboratory of Charles Weissmann at the Univers ...

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Interferon beta-1a Interferon beta-1a (also interferon beta 1-alpha) is a cytokine in the interferon family used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS). It is produced by mammalian cells, while interferon beta-1b is produced in modified '' E. coli''. Some research indic ...

:L03AB08 Interferon beta-1b :L03AB09 Interferon alfacon-1 :L03AB10

Peginterferon alfa-2b Pegylated interferon alfa-2b is a drug used to treat melanoma, as an adjuvant therapy to surgery. Also used to treat hepatitis C (typically, in combination with ribavarin), it is no longer recommended due to poor efficacy and adverse side-effects ...

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Peginterferon alfa-2a Pegylated interferon alfa-2a, sold under the brand name Pegasys among others, is medication used to treat hepatitis C and hepatitis B. For hepatitis C it is typically used together with ribavirin and cure rates are between 24 and 92%. For hepatit ...

:L03AB12 Albinterferon alfa-2b :L03AB13 Peginterferon beta-1a :L03AB14 Cepeginterferon alfa-2b :L03AB15 Ropeginterferon alfa-2b :L03AB16 Peginterferon alfacon-2 :L03AB60 Peginterferon alfa-2b, combinations :L03AB61 Peginterferon alfa-2a, combinations :QL03AB90 Interferom omega, feline origin

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Interleukin Interleukins (ILs) are a group of cytokines (secreted proteins and signal molecules) that are expressed and secreted by white blood cells (leukocytes) as well as some other body cells. The human genome encodes more than 50 interleukins and related ...
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L03AX Other immunostimulants

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Lentinan Lentinan is a polysaccharide isolated from the fruit body of shiitake mushroom (''Lentinula edodes'' mycelium). Chemistry Lentinan is a β-1,3 beta-glucan with β-1,6 branching. It has a molecular weight of 500,000 Da and specific rotation of +1 ...

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BCG vaccine Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine is a vaccine primarily used against tuberculosis (TB). It is named after its inventors Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin. In countries where tuberculosis or leprosy is common, one dose is recommended ...

:L03AX04 Pegademase :L03AX05 Pidotimod :L03AX07 Poly I:C :L03AX08 Poly ICLC :L03AX09 Thymopentin :L03AX10 Immunocyanin :L03AX11 Tasonermin :L03AX12 Melanoma vaccine :L03AX13

Glatiramer acetate Glatiramer acetate (also known as Copolymer 1, Cop-1), sold under the brand name Copaxone among others, is an immunomodulator medication used to treat multiple sclerosis. Glatiramer acetate is approved in the United States to reduce the frequenc ...

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Plerixafor Plerixafor ( INN and USAN, trade name Mozobil) is an immunostimulant used to mobilize hematopoietic stem cells in cancer patients into the bloodstream. The stem cells are then extracted from the blood and transplanted back to the patient. The dr ...

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interleukin-2 Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is an interleukin, a type of cytokine signaling molecule in the immune system. It is a 15.5–16 kDa protein that regulates the activities of white blood cells (leukocytes, often lymphocytes) that are responsible fo ...

recombinant canarypox virus ( viral vector)

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