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Ferrone S, Kageshita T, Hirai S: Active specific immunotherapy of malignant melanoma with anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibodies. J Dermatol. 1993 Sep;20(9):533-9. In this study, we have utilized the human high molecular weight-melanoma associated antigen (HMW-MAA) as a target for active specific immunotherapy with mouse anti-idiotypic (anti-id) monoclonal antibodies (mAb) in patients with malignant melanoma. After having summarized the characteristics of HMW-MAA which account for its selection as a target for immunotherapy, we describe the development and characterization of mouse anti-id mAb MK2-23 which bears the internal image of HMW-MAA. Furthermore, we describe the results of the first clinical trial performed with mouse anti-id mAb MK2-23 in patients with malignant melanoma. |
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