CD28 As A Drug Target
The drug TGN1412, which was produced by the German biotech company TeGenero and which unexpectedly caused multiple organ failure in trials, is a superagonist of CD28. Unfortunately it is often ignored that the same receptors also exist on cells other than lymphocytes. CD28 has also been found to stimulate eosinophil granulocytes where its ligation with anti-CD28 leads to the release of IL-2, IL4, IL-13 and IFN-γ.
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