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- Title
Protein therapeutics: a summary and pharmacological classification.
- Authors
Leader, Benjamin; Baca, Quentin J; Golan, David E
- Abstract
Once a rarely used subset of medical treatments, protein therapeutics have increased dramatically in number and frequency of use since the introduction of the first recombinant protein therapeutic--human insulin--25 years ago. Protein therapeutics already have a significant role in almost every field of medicine, but this role is still only in its infancy. This article overviews some of the key characteristics of protein therapeutics, summarizes the more than 130 protein therapeutics used currently and suggests a new classification of these proteins according to their pharmacological action.
- Publication
Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2008, Vol 7, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
1474-1784
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrd2399