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Table 1 Some recombinant proteins used in clinical treatment

From: Recombinant proteins in therapeutics: haemophilia treatment as an example

Protein

Clinical utility

Coagulant factors

Haemophilia A and B

DNase I

Cystic fibrosis

Erythropoietin

Anaemia in chronic renal disease

Glucocerebrosidase

Gaucher disease

Growth hormone

Nanism hypophyseal

Insulin

Diabetes

Alpha interferon

Some leukaemias, Kaposi's sarcoma, hepatitis B and C

Gamma-1b interferon

Chronic granulomatous disease

Interleukin-2, -3 and -4

Immunotherapy of cancer

Tissue-type plasminogen activator

Acute myocardial infarction, massive pulmonary embolism

Antibodies for cellular immunotherapy

Neoplasic processes

Vaccines

Influenza, hepatitis A and B

Monoclonal antibodies anti-antibodies

Lupus, rheumatoid arthritis