Evolution of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapeutics in oncology

mAbs

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-19

  Oflazoglu, Ezogelin ^a   Audoly, Laurent P ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ADCC; ADCP; CD20; CDC; CLL; Monoclonal antibody; Next generation anti CD20 antibodies; NHL; PCD; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

AME 133 V; ARZERRA; CD20 ANTIBODY; FC RECEPTOR; GA 101; IBRITUMOMAB TIUXETAN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OBINUTUZUMAB; OCRELIZUMAB; OFATUMUMAB; PRO 131921; REDITUX; RITUXIMAB; SNAKE VENOM; TOSITUMOMAB I 131; TRU 015; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VELTUZUMAB;

B CELL LEUKEMIA; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TARGETING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77951556554     PISSN: 19420862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/mabs.2.1.10789     Document Type: Review

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