Etanercept acts as a 'decoy' receptor for which cytokine?
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Correct answer: TNF-alpha
Etanercept consists of the extracellular ligand-binding portion of the human TNF receptor fused to the Fc portion of human IgG1. It binds to and neutralizes soluble TNF, preventing it from interacting with actual cell-surface receptors.
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