BCD19CD20

Yilam Ng Cen1, Nicole B Williams1, Nicolás Di Siervi2

  • 1Ph.D. Program in Biology, CUNY Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.

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概括

研究人员开发了针对B细胞恶性瘤的CD19和CD20的二元性向体. 这些体表现出选择性内化和增强的结合,为扩散大B细胞淋巴瘤等疾病提供潜在的精确治疗剂.

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