METHOD OF TARGETING SPECIFIC CELL POPULATIONS USING CELL-BINDING AGENT MAYTANSINOID CONJUGATES LINKED VIA A NON-CLEAVABLE LINKER, SAID CONJUGATES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAID CONJUGATES

摘要

The present invention discloses a method for targeting maytansinoids to a selected cell population, the method comprising contacting a cell population or tissue suspected of containing the selected cell population with a cell-binding agent maytansinoid conjugate, wherein one or more maytansinoids is covalently linked to the cell-binding agent via a non-cleavable linker and the cell-binding agent binds to cells of the selected cell population.