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Immunotoxins constructed with chimeric, short-lived anti-CD22 monoclonal antibodies induce less vascular leak without loss of cytotoxicity.
mAbs - 1 Jan 2000
Liu Xiao-yun, Pop Laurentiu M, Schindler John, Vitetta Ellen S
Abstract excerpt
An immunotoxin (IT) constructed with RFB4, a murine anti-CD22 monoclonal antibody, and the "deglycosylated" A chain of ricin has shown activity at safe doses in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The dose limiting toxicity is vascular leak syndrome (VLS), which appears to be due to a unique amino acid motif in the ricin toxin A (RTA) chain that damages vascular...
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