Aptamer-based targeted therapy

G Zhu, X Chen - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Precision medicine holds great promise to harness genetic and epigenetic cues for targeted
treatment of a variety of diseases, ranging from many types of cancers, neurodegenerative …

Building better monoclonal antibody-based therapeutics

GJ Weiner - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
For 20 years, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have been a standard component of cancer
therapy, but there is still much room for improvement. Efforts continue to build better cancer …

Bispecific antibodies: design, therapy, perspectives

SE Sedykh, VV Prinz, VN Buneva… - Drug design …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Antibodies (Abs) containing two different antigen-binding sites in one molecule are called
bispecific. Bispecific Abs (BsAbs) were first described in the 1960s, the first monoclonal …

A novel carcinoembryonic antigen T-cell bispecific antibody (CEA TCB) for the treatment of solid tumors

M Bacac, T Fauti, J Sam, S Colombetti, T Weinzierl… - Clinical Cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Purpose: CEA TCB is a novel IgG-based T-cell bispecific (TCB) antibody for the treatment of
CEA-expressing solid tumors currently in phase I clinical trials (NCT02324257). Its format …

Improving the efficacy of antibody-based cancer therapies

P Carter - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2001 - nature.com
A quarter of a century after their advent, monoclonal antibodies have become the most
rapidly expanding class of pharmaceuticals for treating a wide variety of human diseases …

Bi-specific and tri-specific antibodies-the next big thing in solid tumor therapeutics

K Runcie, DR Budman, V John, N Seetharamu - Molecular Medicine, 2018 - Springer
Antibody-based therapy has revitalized the world of cancer therapeutics since rituximab was
first approved for the treatment of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Monoclonal antibodies against …

Receptor tyrosine kinase signalling as a target for cancer intervention strategies.

E Zwick, J Bange, A Ullrich - Endocrine-related cancer, 2001 - erc.bioscientifica.com
In multicellular organisms, communication between individual cells is essential for the
regulation and coordination of complex cellular processes such as growth, differentiation …

Induction of regular cytolytic T cell synapses by bispecific single-chain antibody constructs on MHC class I-negative tumor cells

S Offner, R Hofmeister, A Romaniuk, P Kufer… - Molecular …, 2006 - Elsevier
Certain bispecific single-chain antibody constructs exhibit an extraordinary potency for
polyclonal T cell engagement and target cell lysis. Here we studied the structural basis for …

Extremely potent, rapid and costimulation‐independent cytotoxic T‐cell response against lymphoma cells catalyzed by a single‐chain bispecific antibody

T Dreier, G Lorenczewski, C Brandl… - … journal of cancer, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
A recent study reported on an anti-CD19/anti-CD3 singlechain bispecific antibody
(bscCD19xCD3) exhibiting high activity against human B lymphoma cell lines (Löffler et al …

Camel single-domain antibodies as modular building units in bispecific and bivalent antibody constructs

KE Conrath, M Lauwereys, L Wyns… - Journal of Biological …, 2001 - ASBMB
Single-domain antibodies against various antigens are isolated from the unique heavy-
chain antibodies of immunized camels and llamas. These minimal sized binders are very …