NANOBODIES®: A Review of Generation, Diagnostics and Therapeutics

B Jin, S Odongo, M Radwanska, S Magez - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
NANOBODY®(a registered trademark of Ablynx NV) molecules (Nbs), also referred to as
single domain-based VHHs, are antibody fragments derived from heavy-chain only IgG …

Ultrasensitive and highly specific lateral flow assays for point-of-care diagnosis

Y Liu, L Zhan, Z Qin, J Sackrison, JC Bischof - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lateral flow assays (LFAs) are paper-based point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tools that are
widely used because of their low cost, ease of use, and rapid format. Unfortunately …

Applications of nanobodies

S Muyldermans - Annual review of animal biosciences, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Unique, functional, homodimeric heavy chain–only antibodies, devoid of light chains, are
circulating in the blood of Camelidae. These antibodies recognize their cognate antigen via …

Nanobodies: next generation of cancer diagnostics and therapeutics

EY Yang, K Shah - Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The development of targeted medicine has greatly expanded treatment options and spurred
new research avenues in cancer therapeutics, with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) emerging …

A guide to: generation and design of nanobodies

S Muyldermans - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A nanobody (Nb) is a registered trademark of Ablynx, referring to the single antigen‐binding
domain of heavy chain‐only antibodies (HCAbs) that are circulating in Camelidae. Nbs are …

Nanobodies as therapeutics: big opportunities for small antibodies

S Steeland, RE Vandenbroucke, C Libert - Drug discovery today, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Nanobodies (Nbs) are camelid-derived single-domain antibodies.•Nbs have
powerful binding and inhibitory capacity with great therapeutic potential.•Nbs are used in …

Nanobodies: natural single-domain antibodies

S Muyldermans - Annual review of biochemistry, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Sera of camelids contain both conventional heterotetrameric antibodies and unique
functional heavy (H)-chain antibodies (HCAbs). The H chain of these homodimeric …

A general protocol for the generation of Nanobodies for structural biology

E Pardon, T Laeremans, S Triest, SGF Rasmussen… - Nature protocols, 2014 - nature.com
There is growing interest in using antibodies as auxiliary tools to crystallize proteins. Here
we describe a general protocol for the generation of Nanobodies to be used as …

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 …

Strategies for developing sensitive and specific nanoparticle-based lateral flow assays as point-of-care diagnostic device

JH Soh, HM Chan, JY Ying - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
From a home-based pregnancy self-testing kit, lateral flow assays (LFAs) have proliferated
and gained widespread utilization as point-of-care (POC) test kits. Their prevalence is due to …