Recombinant human hexamer-dominant IgM monoclonal antibody to ganglioside GM3 for treatment of melanoma

Y Azuma, Y Ishikawa, S Kawai, T Tsunenari… - Clinical cancer …, 2007 - AACR
Purpose: L612, a human IgM monoclonal antibody produced by an EBV-transformed human
B-cell line, binds to ganglioside GM3 and kills GM3-positive human melanoma cells in the …

Phase I pilot clinical trial of human IgM monoclonal antibody to ganglioside GM3 in patients with metastatic melanoma

RF Irie, DW Ollila, S O'Day, DL Morton - Cancer Immunology …, 2004 - Springer
Purpose: A human monoclonal antibody (L612 HuMAb) that binds to ganglioside GM3 has
been developed in our laboratory. L612 HuMAb is a 100% human IgM protein. L612 HuMAb …

Chimeric Anti-Ganglioside GM2 Antibody with Antitumor Activity

K Nakamura, M Koike, K Shitara, Y Kuwana, K Kiuragi… - Cancer research, 1994 - AACR
Ganglioside GM2, which is one of the major gangliosides expressed on the cell surface of
human tumors of neuroectodermal origin, has been focused on as a target molecule for …

Molecular Cloning of a Human Monoclonal Antibody Reactive to Ganglioside GM3 Antigen on Human Cancers

DSB Hoon, Y Wang, L Sze, H Kanda, T Watanabe… - Cancer research, 1993 - AACR
In this study we report the characterization of a human monoclonal antibody (HuMab), L612,
that reacts with ganglioside GM3 and has therapeutic application for the treatment of human …

Recombinant antibodies against ganglioside expressed on tumor cells

N Hanai, K Nakamura, K Shitara - Cancer chemotherapy and …, 2000 - Springer
Several gangliosides such as GM2, GD2, and GD3 have been thought of as target
molecules for active or passive immunotherapy of human cancers because of their dominant …

Development of a Human Monoclonal Antibody to Ganglioside GM2 with Potential for Cancer Treatment

Y Nishinaka, MH Ravindranath, RF Irie - Cancer research, 1996 - AACR
A human B-lymphoblastoid cell clone, L55-81, that produces human monoclonal antibody
(MAb) to ganglioside GM2 was established from peripheral blood B lymphocytes of a …

Specific targeting, biodistribution, and lack of immunogenicity of chimeric anti-GD3 monoclonal antibody KM871 in patients with metastatic melanoma: results of a …

AM Scott, FT Lee, W Hopkins, JS Cebon… - Journal of clinical …, 2001 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: KM871 is a chimeric monoclonal antibody against the ganglioside antigen GD3,
which is highly expressed on melanoma cells. We conducted an open-label, dose …

A mouse/human chimeric anti-(ganglioside GD3) antibody with enhanced antitumor activities

K Shitara, Y Kuwana, K Nakamura, Y Tokutake… - Cancer Immunology …, 1993 - Springer
Ganglioside GD3, which is one of the major gangliosides expressed on the cell surface of
human tumors of neuroectodermal origin has been focused on as a target molecule for …

An Epitope Common to Gangliosides O-Acetyl-GD3 and GD3 Recognized by Antibodies in Melanoma Patients after Active Specific Immunotherapy

MH Ravindranath, DL Morton, RF Irie - Cancer research, 1989 - AACR
GD3 is a major ganglioside of human melanoma and was shown to be an effective target for
passive immunotherapy with murine monoclonal antibodies. It was noted earlier that GD3 …

Analysis of the antibody response to immunization with purified O‐acetyl GD3 gangliosides in patients with malignant melanoma

G Ritter, E Ritter‐Boosfeld, R Adluri… - … journal of cancer, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Gangliosides expressed in malignant melanoma are potential targets for immunotherapy.
Immunization of melanoma patients with vaccines containing purified GM2 ganglioside has …