Auranofin is a gold salt that is capable of eliciting pharmacologic actions that suppress inflammation and stimulate cell-mediated immunity. It has subsequently been listed by the World Health Organization as a member of the antirheumatic agent category. Auranofin appears to induce heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) mRNA. Heme oxygenase 1 is an inducible heme-degrading...
Used in the treatment of active, progressive or destructive forms of inflammatory arthritis, such as adult rheumatoid arthritis.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
CCDI, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
University of Ulm School of Medicine, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research Bangladesh - Parasitology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, Rajshahi 6000, Bangladesh
University of Miami - AIDS Clinical Research Unit, Miami, Florida, United States
Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Quintiles Phase I Services - Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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