Enhanced CDC of B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells mediated by rituximab combined with a novel anti-complement factor H antibody.

Rituximab therapy for B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) has met with mixed success. Among several factors to which resistance can be attributed is failure to activate complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) due to protective complement regulatory proteins, including the soluble regulator c...

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Main Authors: Mark T Winkler, Ryan T Bushey, Elizabeth B Gottlin, Michael J Campa, Eross S Guadalupe, Alicia D Volkheimer, J Brice Weinberg, Edward F Patz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5489178?pdf=render