ixekizumab

English

Etymology

From [Term?] +‎ -ki- (“interleukin”) +‎ -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

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Noun

ixekizumab (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. It works by binding to interleukin 17 and blocking its action.
   • 2015 December 12, “Evolution of Cooperation Patterns in Psoriasis Research: Co-Authorship Network Analysis of Papers in Medline (1942–2013)”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     More recently, other biological drugs, such as ustekinumab, ixekizumab, tofacitinib, secukinumab and briakinumab, have targeted immunological mediators of the disease.