NANOBODIES®: A Review of Generation, Diagnostics and Therapeutics

B Jin, S Odongo, M Radwanska, S Magez - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
NANOBODY®(a registered trademark of Ablynx NV) molecules (Nbs), also referred to as
single domain-based VHHs, are antibody fragments derived from heavy-chain only IgG …

Applications of nanobodies

S Muyldermans - Annual review of animal biosciences, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Unique, functional, homodimeric heavy chain–only antibodies, devoid of light chains, are
circulating in the blood of Camelidae. These antibodies recognize their cognate antigen via …

A guide to: generation and design of nanobodies

S Muyldermans - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A nanobody (Nb) is a registered trademark of Ablynx, referring to the single antigen‐binding
domain of heavy chain‐only antibodies (HCAbs) that are circulating in Camelidae. Nbs are …

Yeast surface display platform for rapid discovery of conformationally selective nanobodies

C McMahon, AS Baier, R Pascolutti… - Nature structural & …, 2018 - nature.com
Camelid single-domain antibody fragments ('nanobodies') provide the remarkable specificity
of antibodies within a single 15-kDa immunoglobulin VHH domain. This unique feature has …

A synthetic nanobody targeting RBD protects hamsters from SARS-CoV-2 infection

T Li, H Cai, H Yao, B Zhou, N Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, features a receptor-binding domain
(RBD) for binding to the host cell ACE2 protein,,,,–. Neutralizing antibodies that block RBD …

Nanobodies from camelid mice and llamas neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants

J Xu, K Xu, S Jung, A Conte, J Lieberman, F Muecksch… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 has caused millions of deaths
worldwide. Although a number of vaccines have been deployed, the continual evolution of …

Synthetic single domain antibodies for the conformational trapping of membrane proteins

I Zimmermann, P Egloff, CAJ Hutter, FM Arnold… - elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Mechanistic and structural studies of membrane proteins require their stabilization in specific
conformations. Single domain antibodies are potent reagents for this purpose, but their …

Assessing antibody and nanobody nativeness for hit selection and humanization with AbNatiV

A Ramon, M Ali, M Atkinson, A Saturnino… - Nature Machine …, 2024 - nature.com
Monoclonal antibodies have emerged as key therapeutics. In particular, nanobodies, small,
single-domain antibodies that are naturally expressed in camelids, are rapidly gaining …

Exploiting nanobodies' singular traits

JR Ingram, FI Schmidt, HL Ploegh - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The unique class of heavy chain–only antibodies, present in Camelidae, can be shrunk to
just the variable region of the heavy chain to yield VHHs, also called nanobodies. About one …

Immunogenicity and humanization of single‐domain antibodies

MA Rossotti, K Bélanger, KA Henry… - The FEBS Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐domain antibodies (sdAbs), the autonomous variable domains of camelid and shark
heavy‐chain antibodies, have many desirable properties as components of biologic drugs …