[HTML][HTML] Avidity in antibody effector functions and biotherapeutic drug design

SC Oostindie, GA Lazar, J Schuurman… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Antibodies are the cardinal effector molecules of the immune system and are being
leveraged with enormous success as biotherapeutic drugs. A key part of the adaptive …

Membranes under the magnetic lens: a dive into the diverse world of membrane protein structures using Cryo-EM

SJ Piper, RM Johnson, D Wootten, PM Sexton - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Membrane proteins are highly diverse in both structure and function and can, therefore,
present different challenges for structure determination. They are biologically important for …

[HTML][HTML] Ångström-resolution fluorescence microscopy

SCM Reinhardt, LA Masullo, I Baudrexel, PR Steen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Fluorescence microscopy, with its molecular specificity, is one of the major characterization
methods used in the life sciences to understand complex biological systems. Super …

Binding mechanisms of therapeutic antibodies to human CD20

A Kumar, C Planchais, R Fronzes, H Mouquet, N Reyes - Science, 2020 - science.org
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting human antigen CD20 (cluster of differentiation 20)
constitute important immunotherapies for the treatment of B cell malignancies and …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-CD20 therapies in multiple sclerosis: From pathology to the clinic

J de Sèze, E Maillart, A Gueguen, DA Laplaud… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The immune system plays a significant role in multiple sclerosis. While MS was historically
thought to be T cell-mediated, multiple pieces of evidence now support the view that B cells …

Allogeneic CD20‐targeted γδ T cells exhibit innate and adaptive antitumor activities in preclinical B‐cell lymphoma models

KP Nishimoto, T Barca, A Azameera… - Clinical & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Autologous chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) αβ T‐cell therapies have
demonstrated remarkable antitumor efficacy in patients with haematological malignancies; …

Development of a universal nanobody-binding Fab module for fiducial-assisted cryo-EM studies of membrane proteins

JS Bloch, S Mukherjee, J Kowal… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
With conformation-specific nanobodies being used for a wide range of structural,
biochemical, and cell biological applications, there is a demand for antigen-binding …

Targeting B cells to modify MS, NMOSD, and MOGAD: part 1

J Graf, J Mares, M Barnett, O Aktas… - Neurology …, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Ocrelizumab, rituximab, ofatumumab, ublituximab, inebilizumab, and evobrutinib are
immunotherapies that target various B cell–related proteins. Most of these treatments have …

[HTML][HTML] Fab-dimerized glycan-reactive antibodies are a structural category of natural antibodies

WB Williams, RR Meyerhoff, RJ Edwards, H Li… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Natural antibodies (Abs) can target host glycans on the surface of pathogens. We studied
the evolution of glycan-reactive B cells of rhesus macaques and humans using glycosylated …

[HTML][HTML] MS4A15 drives ferroptosis resistance through calcium-restricted lipid remodeling

S Xin, C Mueller, S Pfeiffer, VAN Kraft… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of cell death driven by biochemical processes that
promote oxidation within the lipid compartment. Calcium (Ca2+) is a signaling molecule in …