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Mechanism of action of mepolizumab. Mepolizumab binds with high affinity to IL-5, thus preventing its interaction with the IL-5 receptor expressed by eosinophils and, to a lesser extent, also by basophils.
Abbreviation: IL-5, interleukin-5.
