Monoclonal antibodies: technologies for early discovery and engineering

PJ Kennedy, C Oliveira, PL Granja… - Critical reviews in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Antibodies are essential in modern life sciences biotechnology. Their architecture and
diversity allow for high specificity and affinity to a wide array of biochemicals. Combining …

Switch-mediated activation and retargeting of CAR-T cells for B-cell malignancies

DT Rodgers, M Mazagova… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy has produced impressive results in clinical
trials for B-cell malignancies. However, safety concerns related to the inability to control CAR …

Antibodies and associates: Partners in targeted drug delivery

PJ Kennedy, C Oliveira, PL Granja… - Pharmacology & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are well established in the clinic due to their specificity and
affinity to a diverse array of biochemical targets. More recently, mAbs are being exploited as …

Distinct antibody species: structural differences creating therapeutic opportunities

S Muyldermans, VV Smider - Current opinion in immunology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•A fraction of camelid and bovine antibodies possess a unique long CDR-H3
loop.•About 10 amino acids of the camel CDR-H3 protrudes from the paratope.•The 60–70 …

Conservation and diversity in the ultralong third heavy-chain complementarity-determining region of bovine antibodies

RL Stanfield, IA Wilson, VV Smider - Science Immunology, 2016 - science.org
Antibodies provide a broad defense against a vast array of antigens; however, the structural
features that contribute to this diverse antigen recognition vary in different vertebrates. In …

Engineering a long-acting, potent GLP-1 analog for microstructure-based transdermal delivery

PY Yang, H Zou, E Chao, L Sherwood… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Antidiabetic treatments aiming to reduce body weight are currently gaining increased
interest. Exendin-4, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist administered twice …

Principles of antibodies with ultralong complementarity-determining regions and picobodies

M Passon, S De Smedt, HL Svilenov - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
In contrast to other species, cattle possess exceptional antibodies with ultra-long
complementarity-determining regions (ulCDRs) that can consist of 40-70 amino acids. The …

Recent advances in half-life extension strategies for therapeutic peptides and proteins

H Tan, W Su, W Zhang, P Wang… - Current …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Peptides and proteins are two classes of molecules with attractive possibilities for
therapeutic applications. However, the bottleneck for the therapeutic application of many …

Stabilizing the CH2 Domain of an Antibody by Engineering in an Enhanced Aromatic Sequon

W Chen, L Kong, S Connelly, JM Dendle… - ACS chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) exhibiting highly selective binding to a protein target
constitute a large and growing proportion of the therapeutics market. Aggregation of mAbs …

Rational design of humanized antibody inhibitors for cathepsin S

PW Yu, G Kao, Z Dai, F Nasertorabi, Y Zhang - Archives of Biochemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cathepsin S (CTSS) is involved in pathogenesis of many human diseases. Inhibitors
blocking its protease activity hold therapeutic potential. In comparison to small-molecule …