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ReviewBiologics : targets & therapy2014

Apoptosis and the FLIP and NF-kappa B proteins as pharmacodynamic criteria for biosimilar TNF-alpha antagonists.

Paulo César Martins Urbano, Vanete Thomaz Soccol, Valderilio Feijó Azevedo

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Review in Biologics : targets & therapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Monoclonal Antibody and Fusion Protein Biosimilars Across Therapeutic Areas: A Systematic Review of Published Evidence.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2016
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  11. FLIP the Switch: Regulation of Apoptosis and Necroptosis by cFLIP.International journal of molecular sciences · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Paulo César Martins UrbanoBiotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering Program, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
Vanete Thomaz SoccolBiotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering Program, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
Valderilio Feijó AzevedoHospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Various criteria are necessary to assess the efficacy and safety of biological medications in order to grant companies the right to register these medications with the appropriate bodies that regulate their sale. The imminent expiration of the patents on reference biological products which block the cytokine TNF-α (tumor necrosis factor-α) raises the possibility of bringing so-called biosimilars to the market (similar to the biologicals of reference products). This occurrence is inevitable, but criteria to adequately evaluate these medications are now needed. Even among controversy, there is a demand from publications correlating the pro-apoptotic mechanism of the original TNF-α antagonists (etanercept, infliximab, adalimumab, golimumab, and certolizumab pegol) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases. In this article, the authors discuss the possibility of utilizing the pro-apoptotic effect correlated with the regulation of the anti-apoptotic proteins FLIP and NF-κB as new criteria for analyzing the pharmacodynamics of possible biosimilar TNF-α antagonists which should be submitted to regulatory agencies for evaluation.

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anti-TNF drugsapoptosisFLIPNF-κBrheumatoid arthritis

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PMID25114503
PMCPMC4124053

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