This article is a commentary on:
Involvement of a Non-Human Sialic Acid in Human Cancer
Annie N. Samraj
Heinz Läubli
Ajit Varki- Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
A corrigendum on
Antibodies 14F7 and the corresponding anti-idiotype 1E10 (racotumomab, misspelled as racotumumab) were mistakenly conflated in this review. 14F7 reacts with (Neu5Gc)GM3, was recently humanized (1), but has not yet been tested in clinical trials. Racotumomab induced a human anti-(Neu5Gc)GM3 immune response, which correlated with longer median survival in non-small cell lung cancer (2). The first clinical trial result using racotumomab was actually published in 2002 (3). A phase III trial testing racotumomab in advanced non-small cell lung cancer began in 2011, and is currently recruiting (NCT01460472). These studies do not consider dietary Neu5Gc intake and incorporation as a variable that could affect (Neu5Gc)GM3 expression by human cancers.
Conflict of Interest Statement
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
References
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2. Hernández AM, Toledo D, Martínez D, Griñán T, Brito V, Macías A, et al. Characterization of the antibody response against NeuGcGM3 ganglioside elicited in non-small cell lung cancer patients immunized with an anti-idiotype antibody. J Immunol (2008) 181:6625–34.
Keywords: Neu5Gc, sialic acid, antibodies, inflammation, tumor antigen, red meat
Citation: Samraj AN, Läubli H, Varki N and Varki A (2014) Corrigendum: Involvement of a non-human sialic acid in human cancer. Front. Oncol. 4:83. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2014.00083
Received: 02 April 2014; Accepted: 04 April 2014;
Published online: 22 April 2014.
Edited and reviewed by: Adriane Regina Todeschini, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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*Correspondence: a1varki@ucsd.edu