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SUBMITTER: Gozzetti A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9225612 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gozzetti Alessandro A Ciofini Sara S Simoncelli Martina M Santoni Adele A Pacelli Paola P Raspadori Donatella D Bocchia Monica M
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 20220411 5
CD38 is a transmembrane glycoprotein with ectoenzymatic activity and is highly and uniformly expressed on multiple myeloma (MM) cells. CD38 is expressed also at relatively low levels on normal lymphoid and myeloid cells, and in some tissues of non-hematopoietic origin. The specificity of this target has increased interest in new drugs and triggered the development of the CD38 monoclonal antibodies Daratumumab (fully human) and Isatuximab (chimeric). CD38 antibodies have pleiotropic mechanisms of ...[more]