Pre-Clinical Development of a Humanized Anti-CD47 Antibody with Anti-Cancer Therapeutic Potential.

CD47 is a widely expressed cell surface protein that functions as a regulator of phagocytosis mediated by cells of the innate immune system, such as macrophages and dendritic cells. CD47 serves as the ligand for a receptor on these innate immune cells, SIRP-alpha, which in turn delivers an inhibitor...

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Main Authors: Jie Liu, Lijuan Wang, Feifei Zhao, Serena Tseng, Cyndhavi Narayanan, Lei Shura, Stephen Willingham, Maureen Howard, Susan Prohaska, Jens Volkmer, Mark Chao, Irving L Weissman, Ravindra Majeti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137345