Biting back: BiTE antibodies as a promising therapy for acute myeloid leukemia

Expert Review of Hematology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 317-319

  Walter, Roland B ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; AMG 330; Antibody; Bispecific; Bite; Cd3; Cd33; Gemtuzumab ozogamicin; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

AMG 330; BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY; BISPECIFIC T CELL ENGAGER ANTIBODY; BLINATUMOMAB; GEMTUZUMAB OZOGAMICIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PERFORIN; POLYPEPTIDE; SGN CD 33A; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; APOPTOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILL; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EDITORIAL; EFFECTOR CELL; FATIGUE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TUMOR CELL; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE;

ANTIBODIES, BISPECIFIC; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE;

EID: 84900844248     PISSN: 17474086     EISSN: 17474094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17474086.2014.896190     Document Type: Editorial

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