Many monoclonal antibodies with an apparent specificity for certain lung cancers are directed against a sugar sequence found in lacto-N-fucopentaose III.
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000502:physiology*; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000502:physiology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002554:Cerebrosides / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016256:Lewis X Antigen / Q000276:immunology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000276:immunology*
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D002554:Cerebrosides; D016256:Lewis X Antigen; D009844:Oligosaccharides; C036770:lacto-N-fucopentaosyl(III)ceramide