“…The rcREG3α protein (ALF-5755) has been synthetized by adding one amino-terminal methionine to the sequence of the secreted (i.e., lacking the 26-amino acid signal sequence) form of the human endogenous REG3α (HIP/PAP) (NP_620355). It was produced in Escherichia coli, purified to !99% and released in batches in compliance with the clinical grade manufacturing process by PX'Therapeutics (Grenoble, France) which permitted to achieve a phase 1 then a phase 2a in patients with acute liver disease [12].…”