Belatacept is a soluble fusion protein, which links the extracellular domain of human cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) to the modified Fc (hinge, CH2, and CH3 domains) portion of human immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1). Structurally, abatacept is a glycosylated fusion protein with a MALDI-MS molecular weight of 92,300 Da and it is a homodimer of t...
For prophylaxis of organ rejection. It is also used concomitantly with basiliximumab for induction therapy, mycophenolate, and corticosteriods in kidney transplant recepients that are seropositive for the Epstein-Barr virus.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation: Transplantation, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine: Transplantation, San Francisco, California, United States
University of Alabama School of Medicine: Transplantation, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, California, United States
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
PPD Austin Clinic, Austin, Texas, United States
Covance, Inc., Dallas, Texas, United States
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Emory Clinic, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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