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Blinatumomab (MT103) and Other BiTE Antibodies
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Blinatumomab (MT103) and Other BiTE Antibodies

Epitope distance to the target cell membrane and antigen size determine the potency of T cell-mediated lysis by BiTE antibodies specific for a large melanoma surface antigen
Bluemel, C. et. al. Cancer Immunol Immunother. Mar 23, epub ahead of print (2010)

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Validation of Cynomolgus monkeys as relevant species for safety assessment of a novel human BiTE antibody platform for cancer therapy
Rattel, B. et. al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 2435 (2010)

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Evidence of a therapeutic window with a T cell-engaging BiTE antibody based on monoclonal antibody cetuximab (Erbitux)
Lutterbuese, R. et. al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 2429 (2010)

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Novel primate-crossreactive BiTE antibodies that eliminate cancer cells expressing cMet, IGFR-1, FAP-alpha, PSCA, endosialin, CAIX or Her2/neu
Raum, T. et. al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 2434 (2010)

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Eradication of established pancreatic tumors in mice by engagement of extra-tumoral human T cells with BiTE antibody MT110
Friedrich, M. et. al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 2433 (2010)

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The CEA/CD3-bispecific antibody MEDI-565 (MT111) binds a nonlinear epitope present in the full-length but not a short splice variant of CEA
Peng, L. et. al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 2584 (2010)

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Impact of binding epitope and antigen size on the cytotoxic activity of MCSP-specific BiTE antibodies for treatment of melanoma adenocarcinomas
Bluemel, C. et. al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 5340 (2010)

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In vitro and in vivo pharmacology of MEDI-565 (MT111), a novel CEA/CD3-bispecific single-chain BiTE antibody for the treatment of gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas
Fuhrmann, S. et. al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 5625 (2010)

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MCSP/CD3 bispecific single-chain antibody construct engages CD4+ and CD8+ T cells for lysis of MCSP-expressing human uveal melanoma cells
Jacobus Bosch, J. et. al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 5621 (2010)

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Single-chain bispecific BiTE antibody specific for CD3 and melanoma-associated chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan: In vitro and in vivo anti-melanoma activity
Schoellhammer, H. et. al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 5626 (2010)

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Report of a phase II trial of single-agent BiTE® antibody blinatumomab in patients with minimal residual disease (MRD) positive B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Topp, M. et. al. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts) 114: 840 (2009)

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Confirmation of safety, efficacy and response duration in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma patients treated with 60 μg/m²/d of BiTE® antibody blinatumomab
Nagorsen, D. et. al. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts) 114: 2723 (2009)

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Identification of a predictive factor for reversible neurological adverse events in a subset of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma patients treated with CD19-specific BiTE ® antibody blinatumomab
Zugmaier, G. et. al. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts) 114: 4793 (2009)

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Transient laboratory findings upon first dosing with T-Cell engaging BiTE® antibody blinatumomab in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma patients
Nagorsen, D. et. al. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts) 114: 4798 (2009)

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High response rates in cancer patients by a BiTE antibody
Zugmaier, G. and Baeuerle, P.A. Drug Discovery & Development, www.dddmag.com, September 16 (2009)

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Safety and pharmacology of the EpCAM/CD3-bispecific BiTE antibody MT110 in patients with metastatic colorectal, gastric or lung cancer
Fiedler, W. et al. ECCO/ESMO Meeting, Berlin, Abstract No. 1254 (2009)

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Pharmacodynamic analyses of peripheral blood from relapsed B-NHL patients treated with anti-CD19/-CD3 bispecific BiTE antibody blinatumomab
Klinger, M. et. al. 14th Congress of European Hematology Association, Berlin, abstract no. 482 (2009)

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Blinatumomab (anti-CD19 BiTE) for targeted therapy of minimal residual disease (MRD) in patients with B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Update of an ongoing GMALL phase II study
Topp, M.S. et. al. 14th Congress of European Hematology Association, Berlin, abstract no. 430 (2009)

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Bispecific T-cell engaging antibodies for cancer therapy
Baeuerle, P.A., Reinhardt, C. Cancer Res. 69: 4941-4944 (2009)

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Immunotherapy of lymphoma and leukemia with T-cell engaging BiTE antibody blinatumomab
Nagorsen, D. et. al. Leukemia Lymphoma 50: 1-6 (2009)

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Antitumor activity of an EpCAM/CD3-bispecific BiTE antibody during long-term treatment of mice in the absence of T-cell anergy and sustained cytokine release
Amann, M. et al.  J Immunother 32: 452-464 (2009)

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Potent control of tumor growth by CEA/CD3-bispecific single-chain antibody constructs that are not competitively inhibited by Soluble CEA
Lutterbuese, R. et. al. J Immunother 32: 341-352 (2009)

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Highly efficient lysis of KRAS- and BRAF-mutated human colon cancer cells by T cell-engaging BiTE antibodies derived from anti-EGFR antibodies cetuximab and panitumumab
Lutterbuese, R. et al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 3251 (2009)

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Eradication of colon cancer stem cells by EpCAM/CD3-bispecific BiTE antibody MT110
Muenz, M. et al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 3250 (2009)

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Effector memory T cells make a major contribution to redirected target cell lysis by T cell-engaging BiTE antibody MT110
Kischel, R. et al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 3252 (2009)

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In vitro pharmacological comparison of a carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA; CEACAM5; CD66e)/CD3 bispecific cynomolgus-reactive BiTE antibody (CyS111) biosimilar with the clinical candidate MEDI-565 (MT111)
Oberst, M. et al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 3247 (2009)

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Anti-tumor activity of a T cell-engaging MCSP-specific BiTE antibody at very low effector to target ratios: A new approach to treat metastatic melanoma
Torisu-Itakura, H. et al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 3248 (2009)

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Effective in vitro lysis of human melanoma cell lines by T lymphocytes redirected with a MCSP/CD3-bispecific single-chain antibody construct is independent of the expression of tumor-associated antigens gp100, MART-1, tyrosinase and NY-ESO1
Aigner, M. et al. Annual Meeting of AACR Abstract No. 4152 (2009)

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BiTE: Teaching antibodies to engage T-cells for cancer therapy
Baeuerle, P.A. et. al. Curr Opin Mol Ther 11: 22-30 (2009)

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Mode of cytotoxic action of T cell-engaging BiTE antibody MT110
Haas, C. et. al. Immunobiol 214: 441-453 (2009)

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Combination of rituximab with blinatumomab (MT103/MEDI-538),
a T cell-engaging CD19-/CD3-bispecific antibody,
for highly efficient lysis of human B lymphoma cells
D'Argouges,  S. et. al. Leuk Res 33: 465-473 (2009)

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Therapeutic window of an EpCAM/CD3-specific BiTE antibody in mice is determined by a subpopulation of EpCAM-expressing lymphocytes that is absent in humans
Amann, M. et. al. Cancer Immunol Immunother 58: 95-109 (2009)

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Can antibodies help cure cancer ?
Baeuerle, P.A. Drug Discovery & Development, www.dddmag.com, May 1 (2009)

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Sustained response duration seen after treatment with single agent blinatumomab (MT103/MEDI-538) in the ongoing phase I study MT103- 104 in patients with relapsed NHL
Bargou, R. et. al. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstract) 112: 267 (2008)

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Treatment with Anti-CD19 BiTE antibody blinatumomab (MT103 / MEDI-538) is able to eliminate minimal residual disease (MRD) in patients with B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): First results of an ongoing phase II study
Topp, M. et. al. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstract) 112: 1926 (2008)

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Lysis of cancer cells by autologous T cells in breast cancer pleural effusates treated with anti-EpCAM BiTE antibody MT110
Witthauer, J. et. al. Breast Cancer Res Treat 117: 471-481 (2009)

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Tumor regression in cancer patients by very low doses of a
T cell–engaging antibody
Bargou, R. et al. Science 321: 974-977 (2008)
Full article at Science Magazine

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Anti-CD19 BiTE antibody MT103 (MEDI-538) study update
confirms high response rate at high dose level including durable
objective responses in patients with relapsed Non-Hodgkin
Lymphoma (NHL). Update from ongoing phase I study MT103-104
Bargou, R. et. al. 10th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma, Lugano 2008

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Serum bioavailability, pharmacodynamic activity, and anti-tumor efficacy of the CD19/CD3 specific BiTE antibody MEDI-538 (MT103/blinatumomab) delivered subcutaneously in animal models
Mulgrew, K. et. al. Proc Am Assoc Cancer Res 99: Abs 2131 (2008)

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Feasibility of subcutaneous delivery supports a new route of administration for treating cancer patients with EpCAM-specific BiTE antibody MT110
Schlereth, B. et. al. Proc Am Assoc Cancer Res 99: Abs 2131 (2008)

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Characterization in primates of MCSP- and CD33-specific human BiTE antibodies for treatment of Melanoma and AML

Kischel, R. et. al. Proc Am Assoc Cancer Res 99: Abs 2404 (2008)

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Long-term treatment of mice with an EpCAM specific BiTE antibody reveals a therapeutic window and sustained activity of T-Cells

Amann, M. et. al. Proc Am Assoc Cancer Res 99: Abs 2130 (2008)

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Conversion of cetuximab, panitumumab, trastuzumab and omalizumab into T-cell-engaging BiTE antibodies creates
novel drug candidates of high potency

Lutterbuese, R. et. al. Proc Am Assoc Cancer Res 99: Abs 2402 (2008)

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BiTE: a new class of antibodies that recruit T-cells

Baeuerle, P.A. et al. Drugs Future 33: 137-147 (2008)

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Therapeutic window of MuS110, a single-chain antibody construct bispecific for murine EpCAM and murine CD3

Amann, M. et al. Cancer Res 68: 143-151 (2007)

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Anti-CD19 BiTE antibody MT103 (MEDI-538) induces dose-dependent objective complete and partial responses in relapsed non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) patients. Update from ongoing phase I study MT103-104
Bargou, R. et al. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstract) 110: 2557 (2007)

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Therapeutic window of a single-chain antibody construct bispecific for EpCAM and CD3
Baeuerle, P.A. et al. Annual Meeting of AACR-NCI-EORTC Abstract No. C270 (2007)

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Mode of action of MT110, a novel bispecific single-chain antibody of the BiTE® class for treatment of adeno and squamous cell carcinoma expressing EpCAM (CD326)
Haas, C. et al. Annual Meeting of AACR-NCI-EORTC Abstract No. C267 (2007)

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Highly efficient elimination of melanoma cells expressing melanoma-associated chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (MCSP)
by MCSP/CD3-bispecific single-chain antibody constructs
Kischel, R. et al. Proc Am Assoc Cancer Res Abs A61 (2007)

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Selective targeting and potent control of tumor growth by an EphA2/CD3-bispecific single-chain antibody construct     
Hammond, S.A. et el. Cancer Res 67: 3927-3935 (2007)

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Strictly target cell-dependent activation of T cells by bispecific single-chain antibody construicts of the BiTE class    
Brischwein, K. et al. J Immunother 30: 798-807 (2007)

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The effect of dexamethasone on polyclonal T cell activation and redirected target cell lysis as induced by a CD19-/CD3-bispecific single-chain antibody construct     
Brandl, C. et al. Cancer Immunol Immunother 56: 1551-1563 (2007)

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CD19/CD3-bispecific antibody of the BiTE class is far superior to tandem diabody with respect to redirected tumor cell lysis     
Molhoj, M. et al. Mol Immunol 44: 1945-1953 (2007)

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T cell responses during long-term continuous infusion of MT103 (MED-538; Anti-CD19 BiTE) in patients with relapsed B-NHL: data from dose-escalation study MT103-104
Klinger, M. et al. Blood 108: 2725 (2006)

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The bi-specific T-cell enhancer (BiTE) MT103 (MEDI-538) induces clinical responses in heavily pre-treated NHL patients: update from the ongoing phase I study MT103-104     
Bargou, R. et al. Blood 108: 693 (2006)

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MT103 (anti-CD19 x anti-CD3-BiTE) induces B cell depletion, clearance of bone marrow infiltration and clinical responses in heavily pre-treated NHL patients: first data from dose-escalation study MT103-104
Bargou, R. et al. Haematologia 91 (S1): 71 (2006)

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Differential targeting and potent killing of tumors using a single-chain EphA2/CD3-bispecific antibody construct     
Roff, S. et al. Poster at Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research (2006)

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Potent inhibition of local and disseminated tumor growth in immunocompetent mice by a bispecific single-chain antibody construct specific for murine CD3
Schlereth, B. et al. Cancer Immunol Immunother 55: 785-796 (2006)

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MT110: A novel bispecific single-chain antibody construct with high efficacy in eradicating solid tumors
Brischwein, K. et al. Mol Immunol 43:1129-1143 (2006)

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T cell activation and B cell depletion in chimpanzees treated with a anti-CD19/anti-CD3 single-chain bispecific antibody construct
Schlereth, B. et al. Cancer Immunol Immunother 55: 503-14 (2006)

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Induction of regular cytolytic T cell synapses by bispecific single-chain antibody constructs
Offner, S. et al. Mol Immunol 43: 763-71 (2006)

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Bispecific antibody constructs with unique anti-tumor activity
Wolf, E. et al. Drug Discovery Today 10: 1237-44 (2005)
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Serial killing of tumor cells by cytotoxic T cells activated through a bispecific single-chain antibody construct
Hoffmann, P. et al. Int J Cancer 115: 98-104 (2005)

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Eradication of tumors from a human colon cancer cell line and primary ovarian cancer metastases in immunodeficient mice by a single-chain Ep-CAM-/CD3-bispecific antibody construct
Schlereth, B. et al. Cancer Res 56: 2882-2889 (2005)

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The promise of bispecific antibodies
Kufer, P. et al. Discovery Medicine 4: 325-332 (2004)
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A revival of bispecific antibodies
Kufer, P. et al. Trends Biotechnol 22: 238-244 (2004)

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A bispecific single-chain antibody fusion protein for the targeted depletion of autoreactive B cells via unstimulated human T lymphocytes
Zocher, M. et al. Mol Immunol 41: 511-518 (2004)

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Efficient elimination of chronic lymphocytic B cells by autologous T cells with a bispecific CD19xCD3 single-chain antibody
Löffler, A. et al. Leukemia 17: 900-909 (2003)
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Efficient tumor cell lysis by autologous, tumor-resident T lymphocytes in primary ovarian cancer samples by an Ep-CAM-/CD3-bispecific antibody
Wimberger, P. et al. Int J Cancer 105: 241-248 (2003)

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Bispecific antibodies for polyclonal T cell engagement
Baeuerle, P.A. et al. Curr Opin Mol Ther 5: 413-419 (2003)

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T cell costimulus-independent and very efficacious inhibition of tumor growth in mice bearing subcutaneous or leukemic human B cell lymphoma xenografts by a CD19-/CD3-bispecific single-chain antibody construct
Dreier, T. et al. J Immunol 170: 4397-4402 (2003)

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Micromet: engaging immune cells for life
Wolf, E. et al. Drug Discovery Today 6: S25-S28 (2002)
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Extremely potent, rapid and costimulation-independent cytotoxic T cell response against B lymphoma cells catalyzed by a single-chain bispecific antibody
Dreier, T. et al. Int J Cancer 100: 690-697 (2002)

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Minimal costimulatory requirements for T cell priming and TH1 differentiation: activation of naive human T lymphocytes by tumor cells armed with bifunctional antibody constructs
Kufer, P. et al. Cancer Immunity 1: 10-32 (2001)
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