Conceptual approaches to modulating antibody effector functions and circulation half-life

KO Saunders - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Antibodies and Fc-fusion antibody-like proteins have become successful biologics
developed for cancer treatment, passive immunity against infection, addiction, and …

Fc‐fusion proteins: new developments and future perspectives

DM Czajkowsky, J Hu, Z Shao… - EMBO molecular medicine, 2012 - embopress.org
Since the first description in 1989 of CD4‐Fc‐fusion antagonists that inhibit human immune
deficiency virus entry into T cells, Fc‐fusion proteins have been intensely investigated for …

An IgM-like inhalable ACE2 fusion protein broadly neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants

J Liu, F Mao, J Chen, S Lu, Y Qi, Y Sun, L Fang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Many of the currently available COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics are not effective
against newly emerged SARS-CoV-2 variants. Here, we developed the metallo-enzyme …

[HTML][HTML] Next-generation Fc receptor–targeting biologics for autoimmune diseases

AW Zuercher, R Spirig, AB Morelli, T Rowe… - Autoimmunity …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been a surge in the research and development of novel molecules
as potential therapeutic alternatives to traditional treatments (such as intravenous …

Cytokine storm in COVID‐19 patients, its impact on organs and potential treatment by QTY code‐designed detergent‐free chemokine receptors

MI Mustafa, AH Abdelmoneim… - Mediators of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The novel coronavirus is not only causing respiratory problems, but it may also damage the
heart, kidneys, liver, and other organs; in Wuhan, 14 to 30% of COVID‐19 patients have lost …

Synthetic fusion protein design and applications

K Yu, C Liu, BG Kim, DY Lee - Biotechnology advances, 2015 - Elsevier
Synthetic fusion proteins can be designed to achieve improved properties or new
functionality by synergistically incorporating multiple proteins into one complex. The fusion …

Development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate using plant-based manufacturing and a tobacco mosaic virus-like nano-particle

JM Royal, CA Simpson, AA McCormick, A Phillips… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Stable, effective, easy-to-manufacture vaccines are critical to stopping the COVID-19
pandemic resulting from the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. We constructed a vaccine candidate …

Fc fusion as a platform technology: potential for modulating immunogenicity

D Levin, B Golding, SE Strome, ZE Sauna - Trends in biotechnology, 2015 - cell.com
The platform technology of fragment crystallizable (Fc) fusion, in which the Fc region of an
antibody is genetically linked to an active protein drug, is among the most successful of a …

[HTML][HTML] Dissecting the mechanism of action of intravenous immunoglobulin in human autoimmune disease: lessons from therapeutic modalities targeting Fcγ …

A Shock, D Humphreys, F Nimmerjahn - Journal of Allergy and Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the first description of the administration of high doses of pooled serum IgG, also
referred to as intravenous IgG (IVIg) therapy, as being able to ameliorate various …

[HTML][HTML] From structure to function–Ligand recognition by myeloid C-type lectin receptors

S Fischer, F Stegmann, VS Gnanapragassam… - Computational and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The relevance of protein-glycan interactions in immunity has long been underestimated. Yet,
the immune system possesses numerous classes of glycan-binding proteins, so-called …