CD20 and its antibodies: Past, present, and future

Forum on Immunopathological Diseases and Therapeutics

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 7-23

  Oldham, Robert J ^a   Cleary, Kirstie L S ^a   Cragg, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADCC; ADCP; CD20; Fc R; Lymphoma; Rituxan; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

BORTEZOMIB; CD20 ANTIBODY; CHLORAMBUCIL; FC RECEPTOR; OFATUMUMAB; RITUXIMAB;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DEATH; CELL POPULATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84939250217     PISSN: 21518017     EISSN: 21518025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/ForumImmunDisTher.2015014073     Document Type: Review

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