Rituksimab

Rituksimab (-{Rituxan, MabThera}-) je himerno monoklonalno antitelo protiv proteina CD20, koji je prvenstveno prisutan na površini imunskih B ćelija. Rituksimab uništava B ćelije i stoga se koristi za lečenje bolesti koji su karakterisane prekomernim brojem B ćelija, preaktivnim B ćelijama, ili disfunkcionim B ćelijama. Time su obuhvaćeni mnogi limfomi, leukemije, odbacivanja transplantata, i autoimunske bolesti.-{McLaughlin P, Grillo-Lopez AJ, Link BK, Levy R, Czuczman MS, Williams ME, Heyman MR, Bence-Bruckler I, White CA, Cabanillas F, Jain V, Ho AD, Lister J, Wey K, Shen D, Dallaire BK: Rituximab chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapy for relapsed indolent lymphoma: half of patients respond to a four-dose treatment program. }--{Edwards JC, Szczepanski L, Szechinski J, Filipowicz-Sosnowska A, Emery P, Close DR, Stevens RM, Shaw T: Efficacy of B-cell-targeted therapy with rituximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. }--{Braendstrup P, Bjerrum OW, Nielsen OJ, Jensen BA, Clausen NT, Hansen PB, Andersen I, Schmidt K, Andersen TM, Peterslund NA, Birgens HS, Plesner T, Pedersen BB, Hasselbalch HC: Rituximab chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody treatment for adult refractory idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. }--{Binder M, Otto F, Mertelsmann R, Veelken H, Trepel M: The epitope recognized by rituximab. Blood. . Epub 2006 May 16. }--{Burton C, Kaczmarski R, Jan-Mohamed R: Interstitial pneumonitis related to rituximab therapy. N Engl J Med. ; discussion 2690-1. }-

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