L-asparaginase in the treatment of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

RA Egler, SP Ahuja, Y Matloub - Journal of Pharmacology …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a hematologic malignancy that predominantly occurs
in children between 2 and 10 years of age. L-asparaginase is an integral component of …

Asparaginase-associated toxicity in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

N Hijiya, IM Van Der Sluis - Leukemia & lymphoma, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Asparaginase is an integral component of multiagent chemotherapy regimens for the
treatment of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Positive outcomes are seen in …

L‐asparaginase treatment in acute lymphoblastic leukemia A focus on Erwinia asparaginase

R Pieters, SP Hunger, J Boos, C Rizzari, L Silverman… - Cancer, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Asparaginases are a cornerstone of treatment protocols for acute lymphoblastic leukemia
(ALL) and are used for remission induction and intensification treatment in all pediatric …

Current use of asparaginase in acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma

L Maese, RE Rau - Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) cure rates have improved exponentially over
the past five decades with now over 90% of children achieving long-term survival. A direct …

Recent developments in L-asparaginase discovery and its potential as anticancer agent

A Shrivastava, AA Khan, M Khurshid, MA Kalam… - Critical reviews in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract l-Asparaginase (EC3. 5.1. 1) is an enzyme, which is used for treatment of acute
lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and other related blood cancers from a long time. This …

Drug-induced amino acid deprivation as strategy for cancer therapy

MKL Fung, GCF Chan - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2017 - Springer
Cancer is caused by uncontrollable growth of neoplastic cells, leading to invasion of
adjacent and distant tissues resulting in death. Cancer cells have specific nutrient (s) …

Recent Strategies and Applications for l-Asparaginase Confinement

JCF Nunes, RO Cristóvão, MG Freire… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
l-asparaginase (ASNase, EC 3.5. 1.1) is an aminohydrolase enzyme with important uses in
the therapeutic/pharmaceutical and food industries. Its main applications are as an …

A prospective study on drug monitoring of PEGasparaginase and Erwinia asparaginase and asparaginase antibodies in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

WH Tong, R Pieters, GJL Kaspers… - Blood, The Journal …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
This study prospectively analyzed the efficacy of very prolonged courses of pegylated
Escherichia coli asparaginase (PEGasparaginase) and Erwinia asparaginase in pediatric …

L-asparaginase: a promising chemotherapeutic agent

N Verma, K Kumar, G Kaur, S Anand - Critical reviews in …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This article comprises detailed information about L-asparaginase, encompassing topics
such as microbial and plant sources of L-asparaginase, treatment with L-asparaginase …

Asparaginase pharmacokinetics and implications of therapeutic drug monitoring

B Asselin, C Rizzari - Leukemia & lymphoma, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Asparaginase is widely used in chemotherapeutic regimens for the treatment of acute
lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and has led to a substantial improvement in cure rates …