Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi is an asparaginase-specific enzyme derived from Erwinia chrysanthemi used as an anticancer agent. It works by depleting the stores of an important amino acid called asparagine, which is involved in DNA synthesis and cell survival of malignant cells, leading to cell death. L-asparaginase was first identified in 1963, and ther...
Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi is indicated as a component of a multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimen for the treatment of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and lymphoblastic lymphoma in adults and children who have developed hypersensitivity to E. coli-derived asparaginase.
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
University of California San Francisco-Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Egleston Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
USA Health Strada Patient Care Center, Mobile, Alabama, United States
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
McMaster Children's Hospital at Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Henry Ford Health Saint John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States
AOUC Policlinico Bari, Bari, Italy
A.O. Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
S.O. Annunziata - A. O. Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
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