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Abatacept

"Abatacept" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A fusion protein immunoconjugate of the extracellular domain of CTLA4 and the Fc domain of human IgG1. It functions as a T-cell co-stimulation blocker that inhibits TNF-ALPHA and prevents the activation of T-LYMPHOCYTES. It is used in the treatment of RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Abatacept" by people in this website by year, and whether "Abatacept" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 64 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2001
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