The emerging importance of IgG Fab glycosylation in immunity

FS van de Bovenkamp, L Hafkenscheid… - The Journal of …, 2016 - journals.aai.org
Human IgG is the most abundant glycoprotein in serum and is crucial for protective
immunity. In addition to conserved IgG Fc glycans,∼ 15–25% of serum IgG contains glycans …

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 …

Five computational developability guidelines for therapeutic antibody profiling

MIJ Raybould, C Marks, K Krawczyk… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Therapeutic mAbs must not only bind to their target but must also be free from
“developability issues” such as poor stability or high levels of aggregation. While small …

Biopharmaceuticals from microorganisms: from production to purification

AF Jozala, DC Geraldes, LL Tundisi… - brazilian journal of …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
The use of biopharmaceuticals dates from the 19th century and within 5-10 years, up to 50%
of all drugs in development will be biopharmaceuticals. In the 1980s, the biopharmaceutical …

Aggregation of protein therapeutics enhances their immunogenicity: causes and mitigation strategies

MLE Lundahl, S Fogli, PE Colavita… - RSC chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein aggregation in biotherapeutics has been identified to increase immunogenicity,
leading to immune-mediated adverse effects, such as severe allergic responses including …

Aggrescan3D (A3D) 2.0: prediction and engineering of protein solubility

A Kuriata, V Iglesias, J Pujols, M Kurcinski… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Protein aggregation is a hallmark of a growing number of human disorders and constitutes a
major bottleneck in the manufacturing of therapeutic proteins. Therefore, there is a strong …

Structure, heterogeneity and developability assessment of therapeutic antibodies

Y Xu, D Wang, B Mason, T Rossomando, N Li, D Liu… - MAbs, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Increasing attention has been paid to developability assessment with the understanding that
thorough evaluation of monoclonal antibody lead candidates at an early stage can avoid …

The mechanistic impact of N-glycosylation on stability, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity of therapeutic proteins

Q Zhou, H Qiu - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
N-glycosylation is one of major post-translational modifications in nature, and it is essential
for protein structure and function. As hydrophilic moieties of glycoproteins, N-glycans play …

Technological microbiology: development and applications

LC Vitorino, LA Bessa - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Over thousands of years, modernization could be predicted for the use of microorganisms in
the production of foods and beverages. However, the current accelerated pace of new food …

Web-based display of protein surface and pH-dependent properties for assessing the developability of biotherapeutics

M Hebditch, J Warwicker - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Protein instability leads to reversible self-association and irreversible aggregation which is a
major concern for developing new biopharmaceutical leads. Protein solution behaviour is …