title: Toward an effective targeted chemotherapy for multiple myeloma.
abstract: Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), cytotoxic drugs chemically linked to antibodies, provide a means to increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy by targeting the drug to neoplastic cells. Anti-CD138 ADCs show promising preclinical efficacy for the treatment of multiple myeloma; however, the safety aspects of targeting CD138 have yet to be explored.
authors.affiliation: Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Polson
authors.forename: Mark X
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Sliwkowski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D000922:Immunotoxins / Q000276:immunology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051379:Mice; D016513:Mice, SCID; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D053668:Syndecan-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000276:immunology; D023041:Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000922:Immunotoxins; D053668:Syndecan-1