Nanobodies: robust miniprotein binders in biomedicine

JYJ Kim, Z Sang, Y Xiang, Z Shen, Y Shi - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Variable domains of heavy chain-only antibodies (VHH), also known as nanobodies (Nbs),
are monomeric antigen-binding domains derived from the camelid heavy chain-only …

Next-generation therapeutic antibodies for cancer treatment: advancements, applications, and challenges

A Raja, A Kasana, V Verma - Molecular Biotechnology, 2024 - Springer
The field of cancer treatment has evolved significantly over the last decade with the
emergence of next-generation therapeutic antibodies. Conventional treatments like …

Nanobodies; new molecular instruments with special specifications for targeting, diagnosis and treatment of triple-negative breast cancer

H Bakherad, F Ghasemi, M Hosseindokht… - Cancer Cell …, 2022 - Springer
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women and the second leading cause
of cancer death in female. Triple-negative breast cancer has a more aggressive proliferation …

[HTML][HTML] Lymphocyte infiltration and antitumoral effect promoted by cytotoxic inflammatory proteins formulated as self-assembling, protein-only nanoparticles

C Martínez-Torró, L Alba-Castellón… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Two human proteins involved in the inflammatory cell death, namely Gasdermin D (GSDMD)
and the Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-Like (MLKL) protein have been engineered to …

Nanobodies Outperform Antibodies–Rapid Functionalization with Equal In Vivo Targeting Properties

C Jung, M Fichter, J Oberländer, J Schunke… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Highly specific targeting of dendritic cells in vivo is crucial for the development of effective
tumor nanovaccines. This group recently presented an antibody‐functionalized nanocarrier …

Biofabrication of Self-Assembling Covalent Protein Nanoparticles through Histidine-Templated Cysteine Coupling

H López-Laguna, A Rueda… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanoscale protein materials show increasing applications in biotechnology and
biomedicine, addressing catalysis, drug delivery, or tissue engineering. Although protein …

Generation of Synthetic Acinetobacter baumannii-Specific Nanobodies

GA Knauf, KE Groover, AC O'Donnell… - ACS Infectious …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The bacterial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii is a leading cause of drug-resistant
infections. Here, we investigated the potential of developing nanobodies that can recognize …

Nanobodies in the fight against infectious diseases: repurposing nature's tiny weapons

SS Rizk, DM Moustafa, SA ElBanna… - World Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Nanobodies are the smallest known antigen-binding molecules to date. Their small size,
good tissue penetration, high stability and solubility, ease of expression, refolding ability …

[HTML][HTML] Theoretical charge plots as a tool for targeted and accelerated ion exchange chromatography method development of NANOBODYⓇ molecules

K De Fauw, IA Umelo, X Teng, S Vlyminck… - … of Chromatography A, 2023 - Elsevier
NANOBODYⓇ molecules are an innovative class of biotherapeutics based on heavy chain
only VHH immunoglobulins. Much like canonical antibodies, they are prone to the formation …

The spectrum of building block conformers sustains the biophysical properties of clinically-oriented self-assembling protein nanoparticles

E Voltà-Durán, JM Sanchez, H López-Laguna… - Science China …, 2022 - Springer
Histidine-rich peptides confer self-assembling properties to recombinant proteins through
the supramolecular coordination with divalent cations. This fact allows the cost-effective …