Characterization of recombinant human factor VIII.

Expression of Biologically Active Recombinant B-Domain-Deleted Human Factor VIII in Mammalian Cells

A prospective Crossover Triple-blind Controlled Trial on the Safety and Efficacy of Iranian Recombinant FVIII (Safacto) versus Plasma Derived FVIII A pilot study

Background: Considering the increasing number of patients with hemophilia and infrastructure requirements for a comprehensive approach, development of a recombinant factor has become a milestone. The objective of this study was to assess the safety, efficacy and non inferiority of Safacto (Recombinant factor VIII) compared with plasma-derived factor in the treatment of hemophilia A. Methods: 10 ...

Detection of Factor VIII Inhibitors in Hemophilia A Patients

Background: Factor VIII administration to hemophilia A patients results in an immune response (inhibitor formation) which significantly complicates the therapy. The present study was performed to determine the prevalence of inhibitor development in hemophilia A patients receiving recombinant factor VIII therapy. Materials and Methods: This was an observational descriptive study. Clotting fac...

Structural and functional characterization of Factor VIII-delta II, a new recombinant Factor VIII lacking most of the B-domain.

A recombinant Factor VIII (Factor VIII-delta II) consists of a unique polypeptide chain of 165 kDa deleted from the major part of the B-domain and from the cleavage site at Arg-1648-Glu-1649 found in plasma-derived Factor VIII. It was expressed in mammalian cells in serum-free medium containing von Willebrand factor and purified by a one-step immunopurification. The recombinant Factor VIII was ...

Bacterial Expression and Purification of C1C2 Domain of Human Factor VIII

With the aim of the production of human factor VIII antigen and its corresponding antibody an epitope coding fragment of the light-chain of hFVIII, fused to a His6-tag, was isolated and over-expressed in Escherichia coli. The over-expressed hFVIII-epitope containing peptide was confirmed by its reaction with a rabbit serum directed against native hFVIII as well as antiHis6-tag antibody. An expr...

Production and functional characterization of human insulin-like growth factor 1

Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) is a polypeptide hormone produced mainly by the liver in response to the endocrine growth hormone (GH) stimulus. This protein is involved in a wide range of cellular functions, including cellular differentiation, transformation, apoptosis suppression, migration and cell-cycle progression and other metabolic processes. In the current study, human heart cDNA w...