Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16151404›Full record

ReviewNature biotechnology2005

Selecting and screening recombinant antibody libraries.

Hennie R Hoogenboom

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Review in Nature biotechnology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 350 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
350citing papers in PubMed
45.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

350 citing papers in PubMed, 953 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hennie R HoogenboomAblynx NV, Technologiepark 4, 9052 Ghent, Belgium. h.hoogenboom@home.nl
Ablynx (Belgium) · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the past decade several display methods and other library screening techniques have been developed for isolating monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) from large collections of recombinant antibody fragments. These technologies are now widely exploited to build human antibodies with high affinity and specificity. Clever antibody library designs and selection concepts are now able to identify mAb leads with virtually any specificity. Innovative strategies enable directed evolution of binding sites with ultra-high affinity, high stability and increased potency, sometimes to a level that cannot be achieved by immunization. Automation of the technology is making it possible to identify hundreds of different antibody leads to a single therapeutic target. With the first antibody of this new generation, adalimumab (Humira, a human IgG1 specific for human tumor necrosis factor (TNF)), already approved for therapy and with many more in clinical trials, these recombinant antibody technologies will provide a solid basis for the discovery of antibody-based biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics and research reagents for decades to come.

Indexed as

Peptide LibraryAdalimumabAnimalsAntibodiesAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAutomationBacteriaBinding SitesBiophysicsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansImmunoglobulin FragmentsMutagenesisRecombinant ProteinsRibosomesAdalimumabAntibodiesAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedImmunoglobulin FragmentsPeptide LibraryRecombinant ProteinsRNA, MessengerTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID16151404
OpenAlexW2109844644

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