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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2012

Natural and man-made V-gene repertoires for antibody discovery.

William J J Finlay, Juan C Almagro

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

William J J FinlayGlobal Biotherapeutics Technologies, Pfizer Dublin, Ireland.
Juan C Almagro
Pfizer (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies are the fastest-growing segment of the biologics market. The success of antibody-based drugs resides in their exquisite specificity, high potency, stability, solubility, safety, and relatively inexpensive manufacturing process in comparison with other biologics. We outline here the structural studies and fundamental principles that define how antibodies interact with diverse targets. We also describe the antibody repertoires and affinity maturation mechanisms of humans, mice, and chickens, plus the use of novel single-domain antibodies in camelids and sharks. These species all utilize diverse evolutionary solutions to generate specific and high affinity antibodies and illustrate the plasticity of natural antibody repertoires. In addition, we discuss the multiple variations of man-made antibody repertoires designed and validated in the last two decades, which have served as tools to explore how the size, diversity, and composition of a repertoire impact the antibody discovery process.

Indexed as

antibody structureantigen-binding sitestructure-function relationshiptherapeutic antibodies

Identifiers

PMID23162556
PMCPMC3498902
OpenAlexW2038858598

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