Human TNFα transgenic mouse models and rhTNFα-challenged normal mice
“Studies in normal mice given rhTNFα and different transgenic mice models that expressed recombinant forms of soluble or transmembrane human TNFα showed that infliximab inhibited the pathological effects mediated by human TNFα.”
Infliximab neutralises only human and chimpanzee TNFα, not TNFα of macaques, other primates, pig, rabbit, rat or mouse
“It was also shown that infliximab could neutralise human and chimpanzee TNFα with similar potency, while TNFα from a number of other species (rhesus cynomolgous, pigtail macaque, cotton-top tamarin, baboon, marmoset, pig, rabbit, rat and mouse) was not affected by infliximab.”
EMA: transgenic arthritis-model data (murine anti-human TNFα mA2, joint healing) support use in RA
“These data indicated that the murine anti-human TNFα monoclonal antibody (mA2) inhibited effects mediated by human TNFα, which also resulted in joint healing. Thus, these preclinical data would support the use of infliximab in RA.”