RELIABLE FLOW CYTOMETRY METHOD FOR MONITORING OF MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH B-CELL PRECURSOR ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA AFTER BLINATUMOMAB THERAPY

Introduction: The recent active use of immunotherapy based on CD19/CD3 bispecific T-cell engager (blinatumomab), brings significant problems on monitoring Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) based on Multiparameter Flow Cytometry (MFC), due to possible CD19 downregulation by tumor cells. This phenomenon...

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Main Authors: RM Pontes, FM Furtado, SCR Franco, RA Toscano, TF Nunes, ACS Dias, JCM Cordoba, ACMDS Junior, R Camargo, IMM Quezado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2531137923012506