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Development of primary and secondary immune responses to mouse monoclonal antibodies used in the diagnosis and therapy of malignant neoplasms.

Abstract

Human anti-mouse immunoglobulin immune responses were studied in ten patients, eight with ovarian cancer and two with grade IV gliomas, diagnosed and treated with radiolabeled (123I, 131I) murine monoclonal antibodies. It was found that serum from these patients before treatment and from 18 control healthy individuals contained detectable antibodies to antigenic determinants on the Fc but not the F(ab')2 portion of mouse immunoglobulin. No …

Authors

Courtenay-Luck NS; Epenetos AA; Moore R; Larche M; Pectasides D; Dhokia B; Ritter MA

Journal

Cancer Research, Vol. 46, No. 12 Pt 1, pp. 6489–6493

Publication Date

12 1986

ISSN

0008-5472