Anakinra is a recombinant human interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) composed of 153 amino acid residues. Unlike native human IL-1Ra, anakinra has an additional methionine residue at the amino terminus. This drug binds to the IL-1 receptor, competing with and inhibiting the activity of IL-1 alpha and beta. Anakinra is indicated for the managemen...
Anakinra is an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist indicated for the reduction in signs and symptoms and slowing the progression of structural damage in moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA), in patients 18 years of age or older who have failed one or more disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Anakinra can be used alone or in combin...
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
North Shore-LIJ Hearing and Speech Center, New Hyde Park, New York, United States
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Ann Kataja Knight, Uppsala, Sweden
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Hospital de Cruces, Diabetes Research Group, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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