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SUBMITTER: Sahota T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4360666 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sahota T T Berges A A Barton S S Cookson L L Zamuner S S Richards D D
CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology 20150204 2
The amyloid deposits that cause disease in systemic amyloidosis always contain the normal plasma protein, serum amyloid P (SAP) component. SAP is the target of a novel immunotherapy approach now being developed to eliminate amyloid deposits. The treatment is enabled by, and critically depends on, the use of the drug (R)-1-[6-[(R)-2-carboxy-pyrrolidin-1-yl]-6-oxo-hexanoyl]pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid (CPHPC, GSK2315698, Ro 63-8695), which depletes circulating SAP almost completely but leaves som ...[more]