Systemic sclerosis

ER Volkmann, K Andréasson, V Smith - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, is a rare and complex autoimmune
connective-tissue disease. Once considered an untreatable and unpredictable condition …

CAR T-cell therapy in autoimmune diseases

G Schett, A Mackensen, D Mougiakakos - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Despite the tremendous progress in the clinical management of autoimmune diseases,
many patients do not respond to the currently used treatments. Autoreactive B cells play a …

Rituximab in B-cell hematologic malignancies: a review of 20 years of clinical experience

G Salles, M Barrett, R Foà, J Maurer, S O'Brien… - Advances in …, 2017 - Springer
Rituximab is a human/murine, chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody with established
efficacy, and a favorable and well-defined safety profile in patients with various CD20 …

Sex differences in vaccine-induced humoral immunity

S Fischinger, CM Boudreau, AL Butler… - Seminars in …, 2019 - Springer
Vaccines are among the most impactful public health interventions, preventing millions of
new infections and deaths annually worldwide. However, emerging data suggest that …

Past, present, and future of rituximab—the world's first oncology monoclonal antibody therapy

TM Pierpont, CB Limper, KL Richards - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Rituximab is a chimeric mouse/human monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy with binding
specificity to CD20. It was the first therapeutic antibody approved for oncology patients and …

Building better monoclonal antibody-based therapeutics

GJ Weiner - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
For 20 years, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have been a standard component of cancer
therapy, but there is still much room for improvement. Efforts continue to build better cancer …

Immunosuppressive agents and infectious risk in transplantation: managing the “net state of immunosuppression”

MB Roberts, JA Fishman - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Successful solid organ transplantation reflects meticulous attention to the details of
immunosuppression, balancing risks for graft rejection against risks for infection. The “net …

Bendamustine plus rituximab versus CHOP plus rituximab as first-line treatment for patients with indolent and mantle-cell lymphomas: an open-label, multicentre …

MJ Rummel, N Niederle, G Maschmeyer, GA Banat… - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Rituximab plus chemotherapy, most often CHOP (cyclophosphamide,
doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone), is the first-line standard of care for patients with …

Antibody therapy of cancer

AM Scott, JD Wolchok, LJ Old - Nature reviews cancer, 2012 - nature.com
The use of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for cancer therapy has achieved considerable
success in recent years. Antibody–drug conjugates are powerful new treatment options for …

An introduction to terminology and methodology of chemical synergy—perspectives from across disciplines

KR Roell, DM Reif, AA Motsinger-Reif - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The idea of synergistic interactions between drugs and chemicals has been an important
issue in the biomedical world for over a century. As complex diseases, especially cancer …