Acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a comprehensive review and 2017 update

T Terwilliger, M Abdul-Hay - Blood cancer journal, 2017 - nature.com
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the second most common acute leukemia in adults,
with an incidence of over 6500 cases per year in the United States alone. The hallmark of …

Next generation antibody drugs: pursuit of the'high-hanging fruit'

PJ Carter, GA Lazar - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2018 - nature.com
Antibodies are the most rapidly growing drug class and have a major impact on human
health, particularly in oncology, autoimmunity and chronic inflammatory diseases. Many of …

Immunomodulation by targeted anticancer agents

G Petroni, A Buqué, L Zitvogel, G Kroemer, L Galluzzi - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
At odds with conventional chemotherapeutics, targeted anticancer agents are designed to
inhibit precise molecular alterations that support oncogenesis or tumor progression. Despite …

Complement is activated by IgG hexamers assembled at the cell surface

CA Diebolder, FJ Beurskens, RN De Jong, RI Koning… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Complement activation by antibodies bound to pathogens, tumors, and self antigens is a
critical feature of natural immune defense, a number of disease processes, and …

B‐cell Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis: Entering an era

AL Greenfield, SL Hauser - Annals of neurology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Monoclonal antibodies that target CD20 expressing B cells represent an important new
treatment option for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). B‐cell‐depleting therapy is highly …

Daratumumab, a novel therapeutic human CD38 monoclonal antibody, induces killing of multiple myeloma and other hematological tumors

M De Weers, YT Tai, MS Van Der Veer… - The Journal of …, 2011 - journals.aai.org
CD38, a type II transmembrane glycoprotein highly expressed in hematological
malignancies including multiple myeloma (MM), represents a promising target for mAb …

Subcutaneous ofatumumab in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: The MIRROR study

A Bar-Or, RA Grove, DJ Austin, JM Tolson… - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To assess dose-response effects of the anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody
ofatumumab on efficacy and safety outcomes in a phase 2b double-blind study of relapsing …

Chlorambucil plus ofatumumab versus chlorambucil alone in previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (COMPLEMENT 1): a randomised …

P Hillmen, T Robak, A Janssens, KG Babu, J Kloczko… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Treatment for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia who are elderly or
who have comorbidities is challenging because fludarabine-based chemoimmunotherapies …

FcγR binding and ADCC activity of human IgG allotypes

SW De Taeye, AEH Bentlage, MM Mebius… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) is an Fc-dependent effector function of IgG
important for anti-viral immunity and anti-tumor therapies. NK-cell mediated ADCC is mainly …

Increasing the efficacy of CD20 antibody therapy through the engineering of a new type II anti-CD20 antibody with enhanced direct and immune effector cell–mediated …

E Mössner, P Brünker, S Moser… - Blood, The Journal …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
CD20 is an important target for the treatment of B-cell malignancies, including non-Hodgkin
lymphoma as well as autoimmune disorders. B-cell depletion therapy using monoclonal …