Examples of immunotherapies

Question 1

what are some examples of immunotherapies?

Answer 1

active and passive

Question 2

what are the types of immunotherapy for passive immunity?

Answer 2

monoclonal Ab

Question 3

what are the types of immunotherapy for active immunity?

Answer 3

TLR ligand
costim ligand pair formation
T cell

Question 4

what are the names of immunotherapy for passive immunity?

Answer 4

Rituximab stimulates apoptosis (lymphoma)

Trastuzumab blocks HER2 receptors (breast)

Bevacizumab blocks VEGF (colon, lung, breast)

*all monoclonal

Question 5

what are the names of immunotherapy for active immunity?

Answer 5

BCG(bladder cancer) and Imiquimod(Aldara and treats basal cell cancer) both TLR ligand

Ipilimumab treats melanoma and is what allows for costimulatory ligand pair formation

tumor infiltrating lymphocytes and engineered T cell receptor treating melanoma and is a type of T cell immunotherapy