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Monoclonal antibodies in oncologic gynecology. Part II

Łukasz Wicherek1,2, Wiesława Windorbska3, Michał Wiśniewski2,4, Krzysztof Koper2,4, Magdalena Dutsch-Wicherek5, Aleksandra Mazur1,2, Paola Franczak1,2, Marta Drzewiecka1,2, Adam Kwiatkowski1,2, Beata Śpiewankiewicz6

Affiliacja i adres do korespondencji
CURR. GYNECOL. ONCOL. 2012, 10 (1), p. 46-60
Streszczenie

Milstein and Köhler’s discovery of monoclonal antibodies has resulted in their widespread use in various fields of medicine. Monoclonal antibodies constitute a separate group of drugs that do not behave as either classic cytostatics or inhibitors of particular components of intracellular signaling pathways. Monoclonal antibodies are essentially highly specific biological agents able to block a particular receptor by showing a higher affinity for that receptor than its natural ligand. This property has been exploited in order to design monoclonal antibodies that block the receptors of the EGFR family and in order to develop drugs that block the receptors needed for the transmission of the signal controlling the activity of the host immune system. The next step in increasing the clinical use of monoclonal antibodies is the creation of hybrid drugs. The base for this kind of drug is an active substance with strong cytotoxic properties for which the monoclonal antibody serves as a carrier. While in the first part of this paper we reviewed the current literature on the use of monoclonal antibodies in oncologic gynecology, in this second part, we discuss monoclonal antibodies that block the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of the response of the immune system and signal the pathway associated with the EGFR receptor. We ask whether the time has not arrived when oncologic gynecology, like hemato-oncology, can no longer function without monoclonal antibodies.

Słowa kluczowe
ovarian cancer, monoclonal antibodies, targeted therapy, EGFR, Treg