Antibody–drug conjugates come of age in oncology

C Dumontet, JM Reichert, PD Senter… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) combine the specificity of monoclonal antibodies with the
potency of highly cytotoxic agents, potentially reducing the severity of side effects by …

[HTML][HTML] Peptides as a platform for targeted therapeutics for cancer: Peptide–drug conjugates (PDCs)

BM Cooper, J Iegre, DH O'Donovan… - Chemical society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptides can offer the versatility needed for a successful oncology drug discovery approach.
Peptide–drug conjugates (PDCs) are an emerging targeted therapeutic that present …

[HTML][HTML] Potential of antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) for cancer therapy

HE Marei, C Cenciarelli, A Hasan - Cancer Cell International, 2022 - Springer
The primary purpose of ADCs is to increase the efficacy of anticancer medications by
minimizing systemic drug distribution and targeting specific cells. Antibody conjugates …

[HTML][HTML] Human gut microbiota and drug metabolism

A Pant, TK Maiti, D Mahajan, B Das - Microbial Ecology, 2023 - Springer
The efficacy of drugs widely varies in individuals, and the gut microbiota plays an important
role in this variability. The commensal microbiota living in the human gut encodes several …

[HTML][HTML] Clickable polysaccharides for biomedical applications: a comprehensive review

MK Yazdi, SM Sajadi, F Seidi, N Rabiee… - Progress in polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent advances in materials science and engineering highlight the importance of
designing sophisticated biomaterials with well-defined architectures and tunable properties …

Conditional antimicrobial peptide therapeutics

C Ngambenjawong, LW Chan, HE Fleming… - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) constitute a promising class of alternatives to antibiotics to
curb antimicrobial resistance. Nonetheless, their utility as a systemic agent is hampered by …

[HTML][HTML] Linker Design Impacts Antibody-Drug Conjugate Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy via Modulating the Stability and Payload Release Efficiency

D Su, D Zhang - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The development of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) has significantly been advanced in
the past decade given the improvement of payloads, linkers and conjugation methods. In …

[HTML][HTML] Robust antibacterial activity of functionalized carbon nanotube-levofloxacine conjugate based on in vitro and in vivo studies

M Hassani, A Tahghighi, M Rohani, M Hekmati… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
A new nano-antibiotic was synthesized from the conjugation of multi-walled carbon
nanotubes with levofloxacin (MWCNT-LVX) through covalent grafting of drug with surface …

[HTML][HTML] Cysteine cathepsins: A long and winding road towards clinics

M Biasizzo, U Javoršek, E Vidak, M Zarić… - Molecular Aspects of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomedical research often focuses on properties that differentiate between diseased and
healthy tissue; one of the current focuses is elevated expression and altered localisation of …

The masking game: design of activatable antibodies and mimetics for selective therapeutics and cell control

R Lucchi, J Bentanachs, B Oller-Salvia - ACS central science, 2021 - ACS Publications
The high selectivity and affinity of antibody binding have made antibodies all-pervasive tools
in therapy, diagnosis, and basic science. A plethora of chemogenetic approaches has been …