For the treatment of active hairy cell leukemia (leukemic reticuloendotheliosis) as defined by clinically significant anemia, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, or disease-related symptoms. Also used as an alternative agent for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
Categories
2-Chloroadenosine
Agents Causing Muscle Toxicity
Antimetabolites
Antineoplastic Agents
Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents
BCRP/ABCG2 Substrates
Cardiotoxic antineoplastic agents
Deoxyadenosines
Deoxyribonucleosides
Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring
Immunologic Factors
Immunosuppressive Agents
Myelosuppressive Agents
Narrow Therapeutic Index Drugs
Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides
Nucleosides
Purine Analogues
Purine Antimetabolite
Purine Nucleosides
Purines
Ribonucleosides
Selective Immunosuppressants
ATC-Code
L04AA40
L01BB04
CAS number
4291-63-8
Drug Targets
Name
Target Sequence
Pharmacological Action
Actions
Ribonucleoside-diphosphate reductase large subunit
Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison
T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682