Preclinical model of recurrent human cutaneous melanoma with CD20 overexpression for discovery and study of targeted therapy
A preclinical model of human cutaneous melanoma with CD20 overexpression in relapsed cells addresses the lack of suitable models for studying CD20 subpopulation formation during vemurafenib treatment, facilitating the evaluation of anti-CD20 drugs for recurrent melanoma therapy.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- RU · RU
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- FEDERALNOE GOSUDARSTVENNOE BYUDZHETNOE UCHREZHDENIE NATSIONALNYJ MEDITSINSKIJ ISSLEDOVATELSKIJ TSENTR ONKOLOGII IMENI N N BLOKHINA MINISTSTVA ZDRAVOOKHRANENIYA ROSSIJSKOJ FEDERATSII FGBU NMITS ONKOLOGII IM N N BLOKHINA MINZDRAVA ROSSII
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-08
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-08
AI Technical Summary
The lack of an appropriate in vivo model to study the patterns of CD20 subpopulation formation during treatment with vemurafenib in metastatic cutaneous melanoma (mCM) hinders the development of combination therapies involving BRAF inhibitors and anti-CD20 drugs like rituximab.
A preclinical model of human cutaneous melanoma with overexpression of CD20 in relapsed cells is created using the MelCher5k/BRAF xenograft adapted to grow in immunodeficient Balb/c nude mice, allowing for the characterization of CD20 expression and potential therapeutic effects of vemurafenib.
The model provides a reliable system to study CD20 expression dynamics and potential therapeutic responses, enabling the evaluation of anti-CD20 drugs like rituximab for treating recurrent mCM post-vemurafenib therapy.
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