The history of Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor

Abstract

Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor is a glycoprotein that stimulates the bone marrow to produce granulocytes and stem cells and release them into the bloodstream. Pegylated G-CSF(pegfilgrastim), in which the addition of polyethylene glycol increases the half-life of the agent, decreases the incidence of febrile neutropenia during chemotherapy. The use of G-CSF support is also important to increase dose intensity or dose density of chemotherapy. Pegylated materials are expected to play an important role in cancer treatment.