Affibody molecules in biotechnological and medical applications

S Ståhl, T Gräslund, AE Karlström, FY Frejd… - Trends in …, 2017 - cell.com
Affibody molecules are small (6.5-kDa) affinity proteins based on a three-helix bundle
domain framework. Since their introduction 20 years ago as an alternative to antibodies for …

Tumor target amplification: Implications for nano drug delivery systems

K Seidi, HA Neubauer, R Moriggl… - Journal of controlled …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tumor cells overexpress surface markers which are absent from normal cells. These tumor-
restricted antigenic signatures are a fundamental basis for distinguishing on-target from off …

Immunoliposomes in clinical oncology: State of the art and future perspectives

M Merino, S Zalba, MJ Garrido - Journal of Controlled Release, 2018 - Elsevier
Liposomal formulations entrapping a vast number of molecules have improved cancer
therapies overcoming certain pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic limitations, many …

Advances in targeted nanotherapeutics: from bioconjugation to biomimicry

DM Valcourt, J Harris, RS Riley, M Dang, J Wang… - Nano research, 2018 - Springer
Since the emergence of cancer nanomedicine, researchers have had intense interest in
developing nanoparticles (NPs) that can specifically target diseased sites while avoiding …

Novel anti-CEA affibody for rapid tumor-targeting and molecular imaging diagnosis in mice bearing gastrointestinal cancer cell lines

H Shao, K Lv, P Wang, J Jin, Y Cai, J Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Gastrointestinal cancer is a common malignant tumor with a high incidence worldwide.
Despite continuous improvements in diagnosis and treatment strategies, the overall …

Engineering of binding functions into proteins

M Gebauer, A Skerra - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2019 - Elsevier
Initially emerging as a highly innovative concept in the late 1990s, the concept of creating
novel binding reagents based on stable protein scaffolds from outside the immunoglobulin …

[HTML][HTML] Bispecific applications of non-immunoglobulin scaffold binders

S Hober, S Lindbo, J Nilvebrant - Methods, 2019 - Elsevier
Non-immunoglobulin scaffolds represent a proven group of small affinity proteins that can be
engineered in vitro to similar affinity and potency as monoclonal antibodies. Several novel …

Influence of molecular design on the targeting properties of ABD-fused mono-and bi-valent anti-HER3 affibody therapeutic constructs

M Altai, CD Leitao, SS Rinne, A Vorobyeva, C Atterby… - Cells, 2018 - mdpi.com
Overexpression of human epidermal growth factor receptor type 3 (HER3) is associated with
tumour cell resistance to HER-targeted therapies. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting …

Affibody-Functionalized Elastin-like Peptide–Drug Conjugate Nanomicelle for Targeted Ovarian Cancer Therapy

Q Li, X Yang, X Xia, XX Xia, D Yan - Biomacromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
Recombinant elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs) have emerged as an attractive nanoplatform
for drug delivery due to their tunable genetically encoded sequence, biocompatibility, and …

Novel EBV LMP-2-affibody and affitoxin in molecular imaging and targeted therapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

S Zhu, J Chen, Y Xiong, S Kamara, M Gu… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is closely linked to several human malignancies including
endemic Burkitt's lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPC) …