Molecular Recognition Units (MRUs) and the Imaging of Human Disease

Autor: Vernon Leon Alvarez, Linda C. Knight, J D Rodwell, A D Lopes, R. D. Radcliffe, D. J. Coughlin
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Radiolabeled Blood Elements ISBN: 9781461360483
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2462-5_30
Popis: The use of monoclonal antibodies as in-vivo, targeting vehicles for human imaging applications has gone from a research curiosity to wide clinical acceptance in the past several years. Monoclonal antibodies appear to be one of the best currently available targeting systems for a variety in-vivo, delivery uses particularly for diagnostic and therapeutic radioisotopes1. While monoclonal antibodies represent an exquisite targeting vehicle for in-vivo, use, they are not without drawbacks which may somewhat limit their use. For instance the use of murine monoclonals in humans may give rise to human-anti-mouse antibody response (HAMA). While the clinical manifestations of the HAMA response are still poorly understood, for some antibodies, this may be a problem for repeated in-vivo, use.
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