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CD99 tumor associated antigen is a potential target for antibody therapy of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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Document Title
CD99 tumor associated antigen is a potential target for antibody therapy of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Author
Kotemul K. Kasinrerk W. Takheaw N.
Affiliations
Division of Clinical Immunology Department of Medical Technology Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences Chiang Mai University Chiang Mai 50200 Thailand; Biomedical Technology Research Center National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology National Science and Technology Development Agency The Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences Chiang Mai University Chiang Mai 50200 Thailand
Type
Review
Source Title
Exploration of Targeted Anti-tumor Therapy
ISSN
26923114
Year
2024
Volume
5
Issue
1
Page
96-107
Open Access
All Open Access Gold
Publisher
Open Exploration Publishing Inc
DOI
10.37349/etat.2024.00207
Abstract
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are an effective drug for targeted immunotherapy in several cancer types. However so far no antibody has been successfully developed for certain types of cancer including T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). T-ALL is an aggressive hematologic malignancy. T-ALL patients who are treated with chemotherapeutic drugs frequently relapse and become drug resistant. Therefore antibody-based therapy is promising for T-ALL treatment. To successfully develop an antibody-based therapy for T-ALL antibodies that induce death in malignant T cells but not in nonmalignant T cells are required to avoid the induction of secondary T-cell immunodeficiency. In this review CD99 tumor associated antigen which is highly expressed on malignant T cells and lowly expressed on nonmalignant T cells is proposed to be a potential target for antibody therapy of T-ALL. Since certain clones of anti-CD99 mAbs induce apoptosis only in malignant T cells these anti-CD99 mAbs might be a promising antibody drug for the treatment of T-ALL with high efficiency and low adverse effects. Moreover over the past 25 years many clones of anti-CD99 mAbs have been studied for their direct effects on T-ALL. These outcomes are gathered here. ? The Author(s) 2024.
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CC BY
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Scopus