Nanobody-based products as research and diagnostic tools

T De Meyer, S Muyldermans, A Depicker - Trends in biotechnology, 2014 - cell.com
Since the serendipitous discovery 20 years ago of bona fide camelid heavy-chain
antibodies, their single-domain antigen-binding fragments, known as VHHs or nanobodies …

Mammalian cell protein expression for biopharmaceutical production

J Zhu - Biotechnology advances, 2012 - Elsevier
Mammalian cell expression has become the dominant recombinant protein production
system for clinical applications because of its capacity for post-translational modification and …

Targeting ROS production through inhibition of NADPH oxidases

J Reis, C Gorgulla, M Massari, S Marchese… - Nature chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
NADPH oxidases (NOXs) are transmembrane enzymes that are devoted to the production of
reactive oxygen species (ROS). In cancers, dysregulation of NOX enzymes affects ROS …

Re-evaluation of neuronal P2X7 expression using novel mouse models and a P2X7-specific nanobody

K Kaczmarek-Hajek, J Zhang, R Kopp, A Grosche… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
The P2X7 channel is involved in the pathogenesis of various CNS diseases. An increasing
number of studies suggest its presence in neurons where its putative functions remain …

Targeting axonal guidance dependencies in glioblastoma with ROBO1 CAR T cells

CR Chokshi, MV Shaikh, B Brakel, MA Rossotti… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Resistance to genotoxic therapies and tumor recurrence are hallmarks of glioblastoma
(GBM), an aggressive brain tumor. In this study, we investigated functional drivers of post …

High level transient production of recombinant antibodies and antibody fusion proteins in HEK293 cells

V Jäger, K Büssow, A Wagner, S Weber, M Hust… - BMC …, 2013 - Springer
Background The demand of monospecific high affinity binding reagents, particularly
monoclonal antibodies, has been steadily increasing over the last years. Enhanced …

Nanobodies that block gating of the P2X7 ion channel ameliorate inflammation

W Danquah, C Meyer-Schwesinger, B Rissiek… - Science translational …, 2016 - science.org
Ion channels are desirable therapeutic targets, yet ion channel–directed drugs with high
selectivity and few side effects are still needed. Unlike small-molecule inhibitors, antibodies …

Engineered multivalent nanobodies potently and broadly neutralize SARS‐CoV‐2 variants

JM Zupancic, JS Schardt, AA Desai… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic continues to be a severe threat to human health, especially due to
current and emerging SARS‐CoV‐2 variants with potential to escape humoral immunity …

Production of α2, 6-sialylated IgG1 in CHO cells

C Raymond, A Robotham, M Spearman, M Butler… - MAbs, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The presence of α2, 6-sialic acids on the Fc N-glycan provides anti-inflammatory properties
to the IgGs through a mechanism that remains unclear. Fc-sialylated IgGs are rare in …

The availability of glucose to CHO cells affects the intracellular lipid-linked oligosaccharide distribution, site occupancy and the N-glycosylation profile of a monoclonal …

B Liu, M Spearman, J Doering, E Lattová… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The glycosylation pattern of a chimeric heavy chain antibody (EG2) produced from CHO
cells was affected by the glucose concentration (0–25 mM) of cultures established at high …