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SUBMITTER: Fox E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2887614 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fox Elizabeth E Jayaprakash Nalini N Pham Tuyet-Hang TH Rowley Ayana A McCully Cynthia L CL Pucino Frank F Goldbach-Mansky Raphaela R
Journal of neuroimmunology 20100424 1-2
Anakinra improves the central nervous system manifestations of neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease, which is mediated by IL-1beta oversecretion. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) penetration of the IL-1 receptor antagonist anakinra was studied in rhesus monkeys after intravenous doses of 3 and 10 mg/kg. Drug exposure (area under concentration-time curve) in CSF was 0.28% of that in serum. The average CSF concentration at 3 mg/kg was 1.8 ng/mL, which is 30-fold higher than endogenous CSF ...[more]