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ReviewmAbs2014

Regulation of complement and modulation of its activity in monoclonal antibody therapy of cancer.

Saskia Meyer, Jeanette H W Leusen, Peter Boross

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Review in mAbs, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
62citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Saskia Meyera Laboratory for Immunotherapy; Laboratory for Translational Immunology (LTI) ; University Medical Center Utrecht ; Utrecht , The Netherlands.
Jeanette H W Leusen
Peter Boross
University Medical Center Utrecht · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complement system is a powerful tool of the innate immune system to eradicate pathogens. Both in vitro and in vivo evidence indicates that therapeutic anti-tumor monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) can activate the complement system by the classical pathway. However, the contribution of complement to the efficacy of mAbs is still debated, mainly due to the lack of convincing data in patients. A beneficial role for complement during mAb therapy is supported by the fact that cancer cells often upregulate complement-regulatory proteins (CRPs). Polymorphisms in various CRPs were previously associated with complement-mediated disorders. In this review the role of complement in anti-tumor mAb therapy will be discussed with special emphasis on strategies aiming at modifying complement activity. In the future, clinical efficacy of mAbs with enhanced effector functions together with comprehensive analysis of polymorphisms in CRPs in mAb-treated patients will further clarify the role of complement in mAb therapy.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibody-Dependent Cell CytotoxicityApoptosisComplement ActivationComplement System ProteinsCytotoxicity, ImmunologicHumansModels, ImmunologicalNeoplasmsAntibodies, MonoclonalComplement System ProteinsADCC, antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicityantibody therapyCDCC, complement-dependent cellular cytotoxicityCDC, complement-dependent cytotoxicitycomplementcomplement-dependent cytotoxicitycomplement-enhanced ADCCCRPs, complement-regulatory proteinstumor

Identifiers

PMID25517299
PMCPMC4622586
OpenAlexW2092716754

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