Asparaginase is an important agent used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) . Asparagine is incorporated into most proteins, and the synthesis of proteins is stopped when asparagine is absent, which inhibits RNA and DNA synthesis, resulting in a halt in cellular proliferation. This forms the basis of asparaginase treatment in ALL , , .
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This drug is is an asparagine specific enzyme indicated as a component of a multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimen for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in pediatric and young adult patients age 1 month to 21 years .
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OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States
Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland Medical Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Corewell Health Dearborn Hospital, Dearborn, Michigan, United States
Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Henry Ford Health Saint John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Michigan State University Clinical Center, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Children's Hospital Orange County, Orange, California, United States
Helen De Vos, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, United States
St. Jude Affiliate Clinic - Novant Health Hemby Children's Hospital, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Henry Ford Health Saint John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
USA Health Strada Patient Care Center, Mobile, Alabama, United States
Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Banner Children's at Desert, Mesa, Arizona, United States
Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, United States
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
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