Antibody structure and function: the basis for engineering therapeutics

ML Chiu, DR Goulet, A Teplyakov, GL Gilliland - Antibodies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antibodies and antibody-derived macromolecules have established themselves as the
mainstay in protein-based therapeutic molecules (biologics). Our knowledge of the structure …

David vs. Goliath: the structure, function, and clinical prospects of antibody fragments

A Bates, CA Power - Antibodies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Since the licensing of the first monoclonal antibody therapy in 1986, monoclonal antibodies
have become the largest class of biopharmaceuticals with over 80 antibodies currently …

Antibody display technologies: selecting the cream of the crop

B Valldorf, SC Hinz, G Russo, L Pekar, L Mohr… - Biological …, 2022 - degruyter.com
Antibody display technologies enable the successful isolation of antigen-specific antibodies
with therapeutic potential. The key feature that facilitates the selection of an antibody with …

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 …

Fish immunoglobulins

S Mashoof, MF Criscitiello - Biology, 2016 - mdpi.com
The B cell receptor and secreted antibody are at the nexus of humoral adaptive immunity. In
this review, we summarize what is known of the immunoglobulin genes of jawed …

Camelid single-domain antibodies: promises and challenges as lifesaving treatments

M Arbabi-Ghahroudi - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since the discovery of camelid heavy-chain antibodies in 1993, there has been tremendous
excitement for these antibody domains (VHHs/sdAbs/nanobodies) as research tools …

Shark nanobodies with potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing activity and broad sarbecovirus reactivity

WH Chen, A Hajduczki, EJ Martinez, H Bai… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite rapid and ongoing vaccine and therapeutic development, SARS-CoV-2 continues to
evolve and evade, presenting a need for next-generation diverse therapeutic modalities …

History of envenoming therapy and current perspectives

MB Pucca, FA Cerni, R Janke… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Each year, millions of humans fall victim to animal envenomings, which may either be
deadly or cause permanent disability to the effected individuals. The Nobel Prize-winning …

Non-covalent albumin-binding ligands for extending the circulating half-life of small biotherapeutics

A Zorzi, S Linciano, A Angelini - MedChemComm, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptides and small protein scaffolds are gaining increasing interest as therapeutics.
Similarly to full-length antibodies, they can bind a target with a high binding affinity and …

Nanobody-derived nanobiotechnology tool kits for diverse biomedical and biotechnology applications

Y Wang, Z Fan, L Shao, X Kong, X Hou… - International journal …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Owing to peculiar properties of nanobody, including nanoscale size, robust structure, stable
and soluble behaviors in aqueous solution, reversible refolding, high affinity and specificity …