Modeling the receptor pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of NKTR-214, a kinetically-controlled interleukin-2 (IL2) receptor agonist for cancer immunotherapy.

Cytokines are potent immune modulating agents but are not ideal medicines in their natural form due to their short half-life and pleiotropic systemic effects. NKTR-214 is a clinical-stage biologic that comprises interleukin-2 (IL2) protein bound by multiple releasable polyethylene glycol (PEG) chain...

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Main Authors: Deborah Charych, Samira Khalili, Vidula Dixit, Peter Kirk, Thomas Chang, John Langowski, Werner Rubas, Stephen K Doberstein, Michael Eldon, Ute Hoch, Jonathan Zalevsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5497954?pdf=render