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ReviewJournal of clinical pathology2004

Demystified...recombinant antibodies.

K A Smith, P N Nelson, P Warren, S J Astley, P G Murray, J Greenman

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Review in Journal of clinical pathology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Photodynamic therapy in oral cancer: a review of clinical studies.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2023
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  2. Antibody validation for Western blot: By the user, for the user.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2020
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  8. Structure and function of immunoglobulins.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2010
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

K A SmithDivision of Cell and Molecular Medicine, Postgraduate Medical Institute, University of Hull, Cottingham Rd, Hull HU6 7RX, UK. k.a.smith@hull.ac.uk
P N Nelson
P Warren
S J Astley
P G Murray
J Greenman

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recombinant antibodies are important tools for biomedical research and are increasingly being used as clinical diagnostic/therapeutic reagents. In this article, a background to humanized antibodies is given, together with details of the generation of antibody fragments--for example, single chain Fv fragments. Phage antibody fragments are fast becoming popular and can be generated by simple established methods of affinity enrichment from libraries derived from immune cells. Phage display methodology can also be used for the affinity enrichment of existing antibody fragments to provide a reagent with a higher affinity. Here, phage antibodies are demystified to provide a greater understanding of the potential of these reagents and to engage clinicians and biomedical scientists alike to think about potential applications in pathology and clinical settings.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAnimalsFlow CytometryHumansImmunoglobulin FragmentsImmunohistochemistryPeptide LibraryRecombinant ProteinsAntibodies, MonoclonalImmunoglobulin FragmentsPeptide LibraryRecombinant Proteins

Identifiers

PMID15333649
PMCPMC1770420

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