Immunosurveillance, Immunodeficiencies and Lymphoproliferations
Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Congenital and Acquired Immunodeficiencies
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After surgical intervention with curative intention in specialised centres the five-year survival of patients with carcinoma of the exocrine pancreas is only 15%. The ESPAC-1 trial showed an increased five-yea...
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STI571 is a selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor with proven therapeutic potential in malignancies expressing c-kit. A strong c-kit and stem cell factor expression was detected in the Hodgkin and Reed Sternberg ce...
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Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Congenital and Acquired Immunodeficiencies
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Hodgkin-Reed Sternberg cells are derived from germinal centre B-cells in most cases. Somatic mutations affecting their rearranged immunoglobulin genes were detected, rendering potential functional rearrangemen...
Book and Conference Proceedings
Book and Conference Proceedings
Book and Conference Proceedings
Book and Conference Proceedings
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The human CD30 receptor is highly overexpressed on the surface of Hodgkin Reed-Sternberg cells and has been shown to be an excellent target for selective immunotherapy using monoclonal antibody-based agents su...
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Mucus glycoproteins of human amniotic fluid were used to generate a monoclonal antibody (MAb) FW6, which stained the intestine of a 24 week stage fetus. In adults, 76% of colonic adenocarcinomas (13/17) showed...