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Selection of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia cell variants by therapy with anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab.
Experimental hematology - 1 Dec 2001
Pickartz T, Ringel F, Wedde M, Renz H, Klein A, von Neuhoff N, Dreger P, Kreuzer K A, Schmidt C A, Srock S, Schoeler D, Schriever F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Anti-CD20 chimeric monoclonal antibody rituximab (Mabthera; IDEC-C2B8) is currently tested in several clinical trials for the treatment of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL). In the present study, we investigated whether rituximab therapy may select for CD20(-) subclones. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Leukemic B-CLL cells were isolated from patients with B-CLL and sensitivity to rituximab-induced...
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