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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-17
pubmed:abstractText
The incorporation of rituximab, a chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, into the therapeutic armamentarium for patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) has significantly improved treatment outcome for such patients. Despite the almost universal application of this therapy, however, its exact mechanism of action has not been completely defined. One proposed mechanism is that of a "vaccinal" effect, whereby FL cell kill by rituximab results in the elicitation of an FL-specific T-cell response. The demonstration that rituximab can even elicit such a response in patients has, to our knowledge, never been shown. We analyzed the response against the immunoglobulin expressed by the FL before and after rituximab monotherapy in 5 FL patients and found an increase in FL idiotype-specific T cells after rituximab in 4 of 5 patients. Our data thus provide "proof of principle" for the ability of passive immunotherapy with rituximab to elicit an active FL-specific cellular response.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1528-0020
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
113
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3809-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-3-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Rituximab immunotherapy results in the induction of a lymphoma idiotype-specific T-cell response in patients with follicular lymphoma: support for a "vaccinal effect" of rituximab.
pubmed:affiliation
James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural