Anti CTLA-4 monoclonal anti-bodies

Monoclonal antibody therapy

Monoclonal
Monoclonal antibody therapy is the use of monoclonal antibodies (or mAb) to specifically bind to target cells. This may then stimulate the patient's immune system to attack those cells. It is possible to create a mAb specific to almost any extracellular/ cell surface target, and thus there is a large amount of research and development currently being undergone to create monoclonals for numerous serious diseases. There are a number of ways that mAbs can be used for therapy. For example: mAb therapy can be used to destroy malignant tumor cells and prevent tumor growth by blocking specific cell receptors...

Anti CTLA-4 monoclonal anti-bodies - List of case studies

Melanoma with metastases

antibodies and GD2 and GD3, IL-2 fusion proteins, anti CTLA-4 monoclonal anti-bodies, dendetric cell vaccine therapy and heat shock ...

Drugs

Receptor Blocker (ARB) Anthracyclines Anti CTLA-4 monoclonal anti-bodies Anti aggregating agent Anti-cholinergic ...

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