Dimeric fusion protein consisting of the extracellular ligand-binding portion of the human 75 kilodalton (p75) tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) linked to the Fc portion of human IgG1. The Fc component of etanercept contains the CH2 domain, the CH3 domain and hinge region, but not the CH1 domain of IgG1. Etanercept is produced by recombinant DNA technology in a Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) mammalian cell expression system. It consists of 934 amino acids. It is used to treat or manage a variety of inflammatory conditions including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and juvenile idiopathic poly-articular arthritis (JIA).
Etanercept is indicated for the treatment of moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis in adults and in chronic moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in patients 4 years of age and older. It is also used to manage signs and symptoms of polyarticular idiopathic arthritis and Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis in those aged 2 years and older. Etanercept is also used to manage the symptoms of psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.
Charite Campus Benjamin Franklin, Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany
Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany
Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Utrecht Medical Centre Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, Netherlands
Sint-Lucas Andreas Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States
Heim Pal Children's Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
Skin and Venereal Diseases' Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
University of Athens, Andreas Syngros Hospital, Athens, Greece
UAB Dermatology, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
University of Utah Department of Dermatology, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
University of Pittsburgh - Oakland Falk Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Miskolci Egeszsegugyi Kozpont, Miskolc, Hungary
J. W. Goethe Universitaet Frankfurt, Zentrum fuer Dermatologie und Venerologie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
CHU de l Archet, Nice Cedex 03, France
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