The emerging role of ricin A-chain immunotoxins in leukemia and lymphoma. 1998

A Engert, and E A Sausville, and E Vitetta
Department I for Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany. a.engert@uni-koeln.de

Since MRD is the major cause for relapses of malignant diseases, strategies utilizing ITs to target tumor cells surviving conventional treatment have attracted scientific and clinical interest. Many different ITs against various blood-borne as well as solid malignancies have demonstrated specific potent anti-tumor effects in vitro and in animal models. Some of these have already undergone clinical phase I/II-trials. The dose-limiting toxicities of RTA ITs include manifestation of VLS presenting as decreased urinary sodium excretion, hypoalbuminemia, fatigue, hypotonia, myalgia, pulmonary edema, or rhabdomyolysis. Problems encountered clinically include the development of HAMA, HARA, and HACA and the selection of antigen-deficient malignant clones. Most clinical trials performed with ITs so far were conducted in heavily pretreated patients presenting with high tumor burdens. Thus, the responses observed with ITs in these trials are very encouraging and warrant further exploration.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007167 Immunotherapy Manipulation of the host's immune system in treatment of disease. It includes both active and passive immunization as well as immunosuppressive therapy to prevent graft rejection. Immunotherapies
D007938 Leukemia A progressive, malignant disease of the blood-forming organs, characterized by distorted proliferation and development of leukocytes and their precursors in the blood and bone marrow. Leukemias were originally termed acute or chronic based on life expectancy but now are classified according to cellular maturity. Acute leukemias consist of predominately immature cells; chronic leukemias are composed of more mature cells. (From The Merck Manual, 2006) Leucocythaemia,Leucocythemia,Leucocythaemias,Leucocythemias,Leukemias
D008223 Lymphoma A general term for various neoplastic diseases of the lymphoid tissue. Germinoblastoma,Lymphoma, Malignant,Reticulolymphosarcoma,Sarcoma, Germinoblastic,Germinoblastic Sarcoma,Germinoblastic Sarcomas,Germinoblastomas,Lymphomas,Lymphomas, Malignant,Malignant Lymphoma,Malignant Lymphomas,Reticulolymphosarcomas,Sarcomas, Germinoblastic
D009374 Neoplasms, Experimental Experimentally induced new abnormal growth of TISSUES in animals to provide models for studying human neoplasms. Experimental Neoplasms,Experimental Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Experimental
D011993 Recombinant Fusion Proteins Recombinant proteins produced by the GENETIC TRANSLATION of fused genes formed by the combination of NUCLEIC ACID REGULATORY SEQUENCES of one or more genes with the protein coding sequences of one or more genes. Fusion Proteins, Recombinant,Recombinant Chimeric Protein,Recombinant Fusion Protein,Recombinant Hybrid Protein,Chimeric Proteins, Recombinant,Hybrid Proteins, Recombinant,Recombinant Chimeric Proteins,Recombinant Hybrid Proteins,Chimeric Protein, Recombinant,Fusion Protein, Recombinant,Hybrid Protein, Recombinant,Protein, Recombinant Chimeric,Protein, Recombinant Fusion,Protein, Recombinant Hybrid,Proteins, Recombinant Chimeric,Proteins, Recombinant Fusion,Proteins, Recombinant Hybrid
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000922 Immunotoxins Semisynthetic conjugates of various toxic molecules, including RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES and bacterial or plant toxins, with specific immune substances such as IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; and ANTIGENS. The antitumor or antiviral immune substance carries the toxin to the tumor or infected cell where the toxin exerts its poisonous effect. Affinotoxin,Antibody-Toxin Conjugate,Antibody-Toxin Conjugates,Antibody-Toxin Hybrid,Antibody-Toxin Hybrids,Chimeric Toxins,Cytotoxin-Antibody Conjugate,Cytotoxin-Antibody Conjugates,Monoclonal Antibody-Toxin Conjugate,Targeted Toxin,Targeted Toxins,Toxin Carriers,Toxin Conjugates,Toxin-Antibody Conjugate,Toxin-Antibody Conjugates,Toxin-Antibody Hybrid,Toxin-Antibody Hybrids,Toxins, Chimeric,Toxins, Targeted,Affinotoxins,Chimeric Toxin,Immunotoxin,Monoclonal Antibody-Toxin Conjugates,Toxin Carrier,Toxin Conjugate,Antibody Toxin Conjugate,Antibody Toxin Conjugates,Antibody Toxin Hybrid,Antibody Toxin Hybrids,Antibody-Toxin Conjugate, Monoclonal,Antibody-Toxin Conjugates, Monoclonal,Carrier, Toxin,Carriers, Toxin,Conjugate, Antibody-Toxin,Conjugate, Cytotoxin-Antibody,Conjugate, Monoclonal Antibody-Toxin,Conjugate, Toxin,Conjugate, Toxin-Antibody,Conjugates, Antibody-Toxin,Conjugates, Cytotoxin-Antibody,Conjugates, Monoclonal Antibody-Toxin,Conjugates, Toxin,Conjugates, Toxin-Antibody,Cytotoxin Antibody Conjugate,Cytotoxin Antibody Conjugates,Hybrid, Antibody-Toxin,Hybrid, Toxin-Antibody,Hybrids, Antibody-Toxin,Hybrids, Toxin-Antibody,Monoclonal Antibody Toxin Conjugate,Monoclonal Antibody Toxin Conjugates,Toxin Antibody Conjugate,Toxin Antibody Conjugates,Toxin Antibody Hybrid,Toxin Antibody Hybrids,Toxin, Chimeric,Toxin, Targeted
D012276 Ricin A protein phytotoxin from the seeds of Ricinus communis, the castor oil plant. It agglutinates cells, is proteolytic, and causes lethal inflammation and hemorrhage if taken internally. Castor Bean Lectin,Lectin, Castor Bean,Lectin, Ricinus,Ricin Toxin,RCA 60,RCA60,Ricin A Chain,Ricin B Chain,Ricin D,Ricin I,Ricinus Toxin,A Chain, Ricin,B Chain, Ricin,Ricinus Lectin,Toxin, Ricin,Toxin, Ricinus

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