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ReviewEMBO molecular medicine2012

Fc-fusion proteins: new developments and future perspectives.

Daniel M Czajkowsky, Jun Hu, Zhifeng Shao, Richard J Pleass

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Review in EMBO molecular medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 239 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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239citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

239 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

4 authors.

Daniel M CzajkowskyKey Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine (Ministry of Education) & State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes & Related Genes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China.
Jun Hu
Zhifeng Shao
Richard J Pleass

Funding

Medical Research Council G0300145
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the first description in 1989 of CD4-Fc-fusion antagonists that inhibit human immune deficiency virus entry into T cells, Fc-fusion proteins have been intensely investigated for their effectiveness to curb a range of pathologies, with several notable recent successes coming to market. These promising outcomes have stimulated the development of novel approaches to improve their efficacy and safety, while also broadening their clinical remit to other uses such as vaccines and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. This increased attention has also led to non-clinical applications of Fc-fusions, such as affinity reagents in microarray devices. Here we discuss recent results and more generally applicable strategies to improve Fc-fusion proteins for each application, with particular attention to the newer, less charted areas.

Indexed as

Biological TherapyBiotechnologyHumansImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsMolecular MedicineRecombinant Fusion ProteinsImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsRecombinant Fusion Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22837174
PMCPMC3491832

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