Antibody structure and function: the basis for engineering therapeutics

ML Chiu, DR Goulet, A Teplyakov, GL Gilliland - Antibodies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antibodies and antibody-derived macromolecules have established themselves as the
mainstay in protein-based therapeutic molecules (biologics). Our knowledge of the structure …

The making of bispecific antibodies

U Brinkmann, RE Kontermann - MAbs, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
During the past two decades we have seen a phenomenal evolution of bispecific antibodies
for therapeutic applications. The 'zoo'of bispecific antibodies is populated by many different …

[HTML][HTML] Alternative molecular formats and therapeutic applications for bispecific antibodies

C Spiess, Q Zhai, PJ Carter - Molecular immunology, 2015 - Elsevier
Bispecific antibodies are on the cusp of coming of age as therapeutics more than half a
century after they were first described. Two bispecific antibodies, catumaxomab (Removab® …

A bispecific antibody targeting sclerostin and DKK-1 promotes bone mass accrual and fracture repair

M Florio, K Gunasekaran, M Stolina, X Li, L Liu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Inhibition of the Wnt antagonist sclerostin increases bone mass in patients with osteoporosis
and in preclinical animal models. Here we show increased levels of the Wnt antagonist …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering antibody therapeutics

ML Chiu, GL Gilliland - Current opinion in structural biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Therapeutic Abs come from critical screenings of in vivo and in vitro
methods.•Bispecific Abs increase specificity and broaden the range of therapeutic …

The use of CrossMAb technology for the generation of bi-and multispecific antibodies

C Klein, W Schaefer, JT Regula - MAbs, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The major challenge in the generation of bispecific IgG antibodies is enforcement of the
correct heavy and light chain association. The correct association of generic light chains can …

Fc-engineered therapeutic antibodies: recent advances and future directions

DT Abdeldaim, K Schindowski - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Monoclonal therapeutic antibodies have revolutionized the treatment of cancer and other
diseases. Fc engineering aims to enhance the effector functions or half-life of therapeutic …

Biology drives the discovery of bispecific antibodies as innovative therapeutics

S Nie, Z Wang, M Moscoso-Castro… - Antibody …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT A bispecific antibody (bsAb) is able to bind two different targets or two distinct
epitopes on the same target. Broadly speaking, bsAbs can include any single molecule …

Ten years in the making: application of CrossMab technology for the development of therapeutic bispecific antibodies and antibody fusion proteins

M Surowka, W Schaefer, C Klein - MAbs, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Bispecific antibodies have recently attracted intense interest. CrossMab technology was
described in 2011 as novel approach enabling correct antibody light-chain association with …

Fc engineering for developing therapeutic bispecific antibodies and novel scaffolds

H Liu, A Saxena, SS Sidhu, D Wu - Frontiers in Immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies have become molecules of choice to treat autoimmune
disorders, inflammatory diseases, and cancer. Moreover, bispecific/multispecific antibodies …