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Preferred Name

recombinant interferon alpha-2a

Synonyms

Roceron-A

Definitions

A non-glycosylated recombinant human alpha interferon, subtype 2a, produced in the bacterium E. coli. Interferon alpha-2a binds to its specific cell-surface receptor, resulting in the transcription and translation of genes whose protein products have antiviral, antiproliferative, anticancer, and immune modulating effects. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C1952" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C1952" NCI Thesaurus)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000467189

altLabel

Roceron-A

alpha 2 interferon

Roferon-A

Laroferon

interferon alfa 2a

IFN alpha-2A

interferon alfa-2a

rHuIFN-a 2a

recombinant interferon alfa-2a

IFN-alpha 2

CAS Registry

76543-88-9

cui

C0699179

C0021734

C1512831

C1512832

DATE FIRST PUBLISHED

2006-02-21

Date last modified

2017-12-14

definition

A non-glycosylated recombinant human alpha interferon, subtype 2a, produced in the bacterium E. coli. Interferon alpha-2a binds to its specific cell-surface receptor, resulting in the transcription and translation of genes whose protein products have antiviral, antiproliferative, anticancer, and immune modulating effects. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C1952" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C1952" NCI Thesaurus)

LT

TRD

NCI ID

C1952

notation

CDR0000467189

NSC Code

367982

ORIG STY

Drug/agent

prefLabel

recombinant interferon alpha-2a

tui

T116

T129

T121

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