Non-specificity as the sticky problem in therapeutic antibody development

H Ausserwöger, MM Schneider, TW Herling… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Antibodies are highly potent therapeutic scaffolds with more than a hundred different
products approved on the market. Successful development of antibody-based drugs …

Targeting FcRn to generate antibody-based therapeutics

ES Ward, RJ Ober - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2018 - cell.com
The MHC class I-related receptor FcRn serves multiple roles ranging from the regulation of
levels of IgG isotype antibodies and albumin throughout the body to the delivery of antigen …

Enhanced delivery of antibodies across the blood-brain barrier via TEMs with inherent receptor-mediated phagocytosis

S Edavettal, P Cejudo-Martin, B Dasgupta, D Yang… - Med, 2022 - cell.com
Background The near impermeability of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and the unique
neuroimmune environment of the CNS prevents the effective use of antibodies in …

Exploitation of elevated extracellular ATP to specifically direct antibody to tumor microenvironment

F Mimoto, K Tatsumi, S Shimizu, S Kadono, K Haraya… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
The extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) concentration is highly elevated in the tumor
microenvironment (TME) and remains tightly regulated in normal tissues. Using phage …

Antibody variable sequences have a pronounced effect on cellular transport and plasma half-life

A Grevys, R Frick, S Mester, K Flem-Karlsen, J Nilsen… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Monoclonal IgG antibodies are the fastest growing class of biologics, but large differences
exist in their plasma half-life in humans. Thus, to design IgG antibodies with favorable …

pH-responsive antibodies for therapeutic applications

T Klaus, S Deshmukh - Journal of biomedical science, 2021 - Springer
Therapeutic antibodies are instrumental in improving the treatment outcome for certain
disease conditions. However, to enhance their efficacy and specificity, many efforts are …

In translation: FcRn across the therapeutic spectrum

T Qi, Y Cao - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
As an essential modulator of IgG disposition, the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) governs the
pharmacokinetics and functions many therapeutic modalities. In this review, we thoroughly …

Guided mode resonance sensor for the parallel detection of multiple protein biomarkers in human urine with high sensitivity

A Kenaan, K Li, I Barth, S Johnson, J Song… - Biosensors and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The rising cost of global healthcare provision and new approaches to managing disease are
driving the development of low-cost biosensing modalities, such as label-free photonic …

Impact of structural modifications of IgG antibodies on effector functions

T Damelang, M Brinkhaus, TLJ van Osch… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies are a critical component of the adaptive immune system,
binding to and neutralizing pathogens and other foreign substances. Recent advances in …

Antibody engineering to generate SKY59, a long-acting anti-C5 recycling antibody

Z Sampei, K Haraya, T Tachibana, T Fukuzawa… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Modulating the complement system is a promising strategy in drug discovery for disorders
with uncontrolled complement activation. Although some of these disorders can be …