Exploiting the folate receptor α in oncology

M Scaranti, E Cojocaru, S Banerjee… - Nature reviews clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Folate receptor α (FRα) came into focus as an anticancer target many decades after the
successful development of drugs targeting intracellular folate metabolism, such as …

Optimizing the safety of antibody–drug conjugates for patients with solid tumours

P Tarantino, B Ricciuti, SM Pradhan… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2023 - nature.com
Over the past 5 years, improvements in the design of antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs)
have enabled major advances that have reshaped the treatment of several advanced-stage …

Efficacy and safety of mirvetuximab soravtansine in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer with high folate receptor alpha expression: results from the …

UA Matulonis, D Lorusso, A Oaknin… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Single-agent chemotherapies have limited activity and considerable toxicity in
patients with platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer (PROC). Mirvetuximab …

[HTML][HTML] Antibody–drug conjugates in solid tumors: a look into novel targets

C Criscitiello, S Morganti, G Curigliano - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2021 - Springer
Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) are a relatively new class of anticancer agents designed
to merge the selectivity of monoclonal antibodies with cell killing properties of …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of ADC toxicity and strategies to increase ADC tolerability

TD Nguyen, BM Bordeau, JP Balthasar - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) are a rapidly expanding class of anti-
cancer drugs, with twelve agents in current clinical use. Despite recent successes, many …

Antibody-drug conjugate-based therapeutics: state of the science

MJ Birrer, KN Moore, I Betella… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are complex engineered therapeutics consisting of
monoclonal antibodies, directed toward tumor-associated antigens, to which highly potent …

Mirvetuximab soravtansine: first approval

YA Heo - Drugs, 2023 - Springer
Mirvetuximab soravtansine (mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx; Elahere™) is an antibody-
drug conjugate (ADC), which is comprised of a folate receptor α (FRα) directed antibody …

[HTML][HTML] Linkers: An assurance for controlled delivery of antibody-drug conjugate

R Sheyi, BG de la Torre, F Albericio - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
As one of the major therapeutic options for cancer treatment, chemotherapy has limited
selectivity against cancer cells. Consequently, this therapeutic strategy offers a small …

Stepping forward in antibody-drug conjugate development

Y Jin, MA Schladetsch, X Huang, MJ Balunas… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are cancer therapeutic agents comprised of an antibody,
a linker and a small-molecule payload. ADCs use the specificity of the antibody to target the …

Antibody–drug conjugates for cancer treatment

JM Lambert, A Berkenblit - Annual review of medicine, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The concept of exploiting the specific binding properties of monoclonal antibodies as a
mechanism for selective delivery of cytotoxic agents to tumor cells is an attractive solution to …