Uterine serous papillary carcinomas overexpress human trophoblast‐cell‐surface marker (trop‐2) and are highly sensitive to immunotherapy with hRS7, a humanized anti‐trop‐2 monoclonal antibody
Varughese J, Cocco E, Bellone S, de Leon M, Bellone M, Todeschini P, Schwartz PE, Rutherford TJ, Pecorelli S, Santin AD. Uterine serous papillary carcinomas overexpress human trophoblast‐cell‐surface marker (trop‐2) and are highly sensitive to immunotherapy with hRS7, a humanized anti‐trop‐2 monoclonal antibody. Cancer 2011, 117: 3163-3172. PMID: 21246534, PMCID: PMC3128671, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25891.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUterine serous papillary carcinomaPrimary USPC cell linesUSPC cell linesAntibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicitySerous papillary carcinomaTrop-2 expressionReal-time polymerase chain reactionPolymerase chain reactionTrop-2Papillary carcinomaCell linesMonoclonal antibodiesChemotherapy-resistant variantsNatural killer cytotoxicityStandard treatment modalityUterine serous carcinomaComplement-dependent cytotoxicityNovel therapeutic strategiesNovel therapeutic agentsKiller cytotoxicityEndometrial cancerSerous carcinomaTreatment modalitiesControl antibodyHRS7