PURPOSE Although anti-CD25 recombinant immunotoxin LMB-2 is effective against CD25(+) hairy cell leukemia, activity against more aggressive diseases such as adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is limited by rapid disease progression between treatment cycles. Our goal was to determine in vivo whether rapid growth of CD25(+) tumor is associated with high levels of tumor interstitial soluble CD25 (sCD25) ...

Rhizobium sp. LMB-1, newly isolated from greenhouse soil, can effectively degrade phthalate. Here, we present a 5.2-Mb assembly of this Rhizobium sp. genome for the first time. It may provide abundant molecular information for the transformation of phthalates.

Severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice injected intravenously with a human Burkitt’s lymphoma cell line (Daudi) develop disseminated lymphoma (SCID/Daudi), which is fatal in 100% of the mice. Early treatment of these mice with either an immunotoxin (IT) cocktail (consisting of anti-CD19-ricin A chain plus anti-CD=-ricin A chain) or chemotherapy significantly prolonged survival but w...

Severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice injected intravenously with a human Burkitt’s lymphoma cell line (Daudi) develop disseminated lymphoma (SCID/Daudi), which is fatal in 100% of the mice. Early treatment of these mice with either an immunotoxin (IT) cocktail (consisting of anti-CD19-ricin A chain plus anti-CD=-ricin A chain) or chemotherapy significantly prolonged survival but w...

Objective The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene is most frequently amplified and overexpressed, along with its truncated mutant, EGFRvIII, in glioblastomas. We tested the antitumor efficacy of the recombinant immunotoxin, D2C7-(scdsFv)-PE38KDEL (D2C7-IT), which is reactive with a 55-amino acid (AA) region present in the extracellular domain of both EGFRwt and EGFRvIII proteins (Figur...