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CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS
Volume 183, Issue 1, Pages 35-40Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2008.02.001
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Rituximab is a chimeric monoclonal antibody that specifically targets the CD20 surface marker expressed in neoplastic B-lymphoid cells. Combined with chemotherapy or alone, in maintenance/consolidation, it is used for the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). The role of a polymorphism in a specific Fc gamma receptor gene, Fc gamma RIIa, in the clinical outcome of patients with NHL was investigated in this study. We characterized DNA samples from 64 non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients treated with rituximab using a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method. The Fc gamma RIIa HH genotype was significantly correlated with complete response to rituximab compared to the R allele (P=0.028). In terms of overall or event-free survival, no difference was found according to Fc gamma RIIa alleles. We hypothesize that the HH genotype increases the affinity of the Fc gamma RIIa receptor, not only for naturally occurring IgG2, but also to ameliorate connection with chimeric IgG1 rituximab, contributing to a genetic individual profile of great interest in clinical onco-hematology. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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