Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Ganglioside GD2 is a disialoganglioside cell adhesion molecule that is expressed on tumours of neuroectodermal origin, but which has restricted presence on normal cells. It is a drug target for neuroectoderm-derived tumours and sarcomas, including neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, melanoma and small cell lung cancer [3]. Two monoclonal antibodies that target GD2 have been approved for clinical use in patients with high risk neuroblastoma: dinutuximab (2015) and naxitamab (2020). Both of these mAbs stimulate antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) against GD2-expressing tumour cells.
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