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                                                                Synonyms: campath 1H | Campath® | campath-1H | Lemtrada®
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                alemtuzumab is an approved drug (FDA (2001), EMA (2013)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Antibody
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: CAMPATH-1 (CD52) antigen inhibitor. Functionally, alemtuzumab causes depletion and then recovery of the immune system. 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                Annotated peptide sequences for this antibody are available from its IMGT/mAb-DB record. View more information in the IUPHAR Pharmacology Education Project: alemtuzumab  | 
                                    
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                                                                         1. Crowe JS, Hall VS, Smith MA, Cooper HJ, Tite JP. (1992)
                                         Humanized monoclonal antibody CAMPATH-1H: myeloma cell expression of genomic constructs, nucleotide sequence of cDNA constructs and comparison of effector mechanisms of myeloma and Chinese hamster ovary cell-derived material. Clin Exp Immunol, 87 (1): 105-10. [PMID:1339322]  | 
                                                                
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                                                                         2. Ginaldi L, De Martinis M, Matutes E, Farahat N, Morilla R, Dyer MJ, Catovsky D. (1998)
                                         Levels of expression of CD52 in normal and leukemic B and T cells: correlation with in vivo therapeutic responses to Campath-1H. Leuk Res, 22 (2): 185-91. [PMID:9593475]  | 
                                                                
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                                                                         3. Giovannoni G, Cohen JA, Coles AJ, Hartung HP, Havrdova E, Selmaj KW, Margolin DH, Lake SL, Kaup SM, Panzara MA et al.. (2016)
                                         Alemtuzumab improves preexisting disability in active relapsing-remitting MS patients. Neurology, 87 (19): 1985-1992. [PMID:27733571]  | 
                                                                
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                                                                         4. Shitara K, Niwa R, Natsume A. (2011)
                                         Recombinant antibody composition. Patent number: US7923538. Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. Priority date: 22/07/2005. Publication date: 12/04/2011.  | 
                                                                
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                                                                         5. Shitara K, Niwa R, Natsume A. (2011)
                                         Recombinant antibody composition. Patent number: US7923538 B2. Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. Priority date: 22/07/2005. Publication date: 12/04/2011.  |