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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Serum Globulins > Immunoglobulins > Antibodies > Antibodies, Monoclonal > Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized > Basiliximab
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Globulins > Serum Globulins > Immunoglobulins > Antibodies > Antibodies, Monoclonal > Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized > Basiliximab
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Immunoglobulins > Antibodies > Antibodies, Monoclonal > Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized > Basiliximab

Preferred term

Basiliximab  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • CHI 621
  • Simulect

Scope note

  • A chimeric murine-human monoclonal antibody that functions as an INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR antagonist by binding to the alpha chain (CD25 ANTIGEN) of the interleukin-2 receptor on the surface of activated T-LYMPHOCYTES. It is used in the prevention of acute graft rejection episodes in patients undergoing renal transplantation.

History note

  • 2019 (1998)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077552

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