CD3-specific monoclonal antibodies were the first rodent monoclonals introduced in clinical practice in the mid 1980s as approved immunosuppressants to prevent and treat organ allograft rejection. Since then compelling evidence has been accumulated to suggest that in addition to their immunosuppressive properties, CD3-specific antibodies can also afford inducing immune tolerance especially in the context of ongoing immune responses. Thus, they are highly effective at restoring self-tolerance in overt autoimmunity, a capacity first demonstrated in the experimental setting, which was recently transferred to the clinic with success.
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Chatenoud, L. (2008). The Use of CD3-Specific Antibodies in Autoimmune Diabetes: A Step Toward the Induction of Immune Tolerance in the Clinic. In: Chernajovsky, Y., Nissim, A. (eds) Therapeutic Antibodies. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 181. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73259-4_10
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