Immunotoxins

OW Press - Biotherapy, 1991 - Springer
Immunotoxins (ITs) are chimeric molecules constructed by covalently conjugating
monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) to plant or bacterial toxins (eg ricin or pseudomonas …

Polynucleotide: adenosine glycosidase activity of immunotoxins containing ribosome-inactivating proteins

L Barbieri, A Bolognesi, P Valbonesi… - Journal of drug …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Polynucleotide: adenosine glycosidases (rRNA N-glycosidases, EC 3.2. 2.22, more
commonly known as ribosome-inactivating proteins, RIP) are a numerous family of plant and …

Recent progress in research on ribosome inactivating proteins.

TB Ng, JH Wong, H Wang - Current protein & peptide science, 2010 - europepmc.org
The intent of this article is to review recent literature on ribosome inactivating proteins (RIPs)
including isolation and characterization of new RIPs, studies on the crystal structures and …

Cytotoxicity of human RNase-based immunotoxins requires cytosolic access and resistance to ribonuclease inhibition

HA Erickson, MD Jund… - … Engineering Design and …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Immunotoxins are targeted therapeutics designed to kill cancer cells. The targeting moiety of
an immunotoxin selectively binds to a tumor cell and targets it for death via an attached …

Targeted anticancer immunotoxins and cytotoxic agents with direct killing moieties

K Kawakami, O Nakajima, R Morishita… - The Scientific World …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the progress of the bioinformatics approach to characterize cell‐surface antigens
and receptors on tumor cells, it remains difficult to generate novel cancer vaccines or …

A comparison of anti-lymphocyte immunotoxins containing different ribosome-inactivating proteins and antibodies

A Bolognesi, PL Tazzari, C Tassi… - Clinical & …, 1992 - academic.oup.com
Immunotoxins were prepared with several single-chain ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs
type 1) and with the A-chain of ricin linked to the F (ab′) 2 fragment of sheep anti-mouse …

Evaluation of immunotoxins containing single‐chain ribosome‐inactivating proteins and an anti‐CD22 monoclonal antibody (OM124): in vitro and in vivo studies

A Bolognesi, PL Tazzari, F Olivieri… - British journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotoxins were prepared with three ribosome‐inactivating proteins (RIP), momordin,
pokeweed antiviral protein from seeds (PAP‐S) and saporin‐S6, linked to the anti‐CD22 …

Purification, characterization and molecular cloning of trichoanguin, a novel type I ribosome-inactivating protein from the seeds of Trichosanthes anguina

LP Chow, MH CHOU, CY HO, CC CHUANG… - Biochemical …, 1999 - portlandpress.com
The seeds of the plant Trichosanthes anguina contain a type I ribosome-inactivating protein
(RIP), designated trichoanguin, which was purified to apparent homogeneity by the …

Abrin immunotoxin: targeted cytotoxicity and intracellular trafficking pathway

S Gadadhar, AA Karande - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Immunotherapy is fast emerging as one of the leading modes of treatment of
cancer, in combination with chemotherapy and radiation. Use of immunotoxins, proteins …

Immunotoxins for targeted cancer therapy

RJ Kreitman - The AAPS journal, 2006 - Springer
Immunotoxins are proteins that contain a toxin along with an antibody or growth factor that
binds specifically to target cells. Nearly all protein toxins work by enzymatically inhibiting …