A Human Recombinant Autoantibody-Based Immunotoxin Specific for the Fetal Acetylcholine Receptor Inhibits Rhabdomyosarcoma Growth In Vitro and in a Murine Transplantation Model

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common malignant soft tissue tumor in children and is highly resistant to all forms of treatment currently available once metastasis or relapse has commenced. As it has recently been determined that the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) γ-subunit, which defines the fet...

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Main Authors: S. Gattenlöhner, H. Jörißen, M. Huhn, A. Vincent, D. Beeson, S. Tzartos, A. Mamalaki, B. Etschmann, H. K. Muller-Hermelink, E. Koscielniak, S. Barth, A. Marx
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/187621