Aldesleukin, a lymphokine, is produced by recombinant DNA technology using a genetically engineered E. coli strain containing an analog of the human interleukin-2 gene. Genetic engineering techniques were used to modify the human IL-2 gene, and the resulting expression clone encodes a modified human interleukin-2. This recombinant form differs from native interleukin-2 in the following ways: a) Aldesleukin is not glycosylated because it is derived from E. coli; b) the molecule has no N-terminal alanine; the codon for this amino acid was deleted during the genetic engineering procedure; c) the molecule has serine substituted for cysteine at amino acid position 125.
For treatment of adults with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
RWJBarnabas Health - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
RWJBarnabas Health - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California, United States
Emory University/Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
RWJBarnabas Health - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
GHU Saint Anne, Paris, France
IUCT Oncopole Claudius Regaud, Toulouse, France
University Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
Universitätsklinikum Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
Hadassah Medical Organization, Jerusalem, Israel
University of Utah - Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Southern Oncology Clinical Research Unit, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
START Midwest, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Scripps Health, La Jolla, California, United States
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