Figure 1. Mechanism of action of alemtuzumab.
Alemtuzumab lyses not only lymphocytes but monocytes and other non-CD4 T cells presumably via complement fixation, antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC), and by induction of apoptosis. Adapted with permission from Journal of Virus Eradication 2016; 2: 12–18.