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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2014

Inhibition of plasma kallikrein by a highly specific active site blocking antibody.

Jon A Kenniston, Ryan R Faucette, Diana Martik, Stephen R Comeau, Allison P Lindberg, Kris J Kopacz, Gregory P Conley, Jie Chen, Malini Viswanathan, Niksa Kastrapeli and 11 more

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
81citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

81 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interventions for the long-term prevention of hereditary angioedema attacks.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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  5. Effective long-term prophylaxis with lanadelumab in adolescents with hereditary angioedema: EMPOWER/ENABLE.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025
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  13. Achieving protease substrate-specific inhibition by mAb dual functional selections.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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  16. Long-term effectiveness and safety of lanadelumab in Canadian patients with hereditary angioedema: a subanalysis of the EMPOWER study.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2026
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  19. Pharmacophore-driven antibody discovery on the yeast surface.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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21 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

21 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jon A KennistonFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Ryan R FaucetteFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Diana MartikFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Stephen R ComeauFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Allison P LindbergFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Kris J KopaczFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Gregory P ConleyFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Jie ChenFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Malini ViswanathanFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Niksa KastrapeliFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Janja CosicFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Shauna MasonFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Mike DiLeoFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Jan AbendrothBeryllium, Bainbridge Island, Washington 98110, and.
Petr KuzmicBiokin, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472.
Robert C LadnerFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Thomas E EdwardsBeryllium, Bainbridge Island, Washington 98110, and.
Christopher TenHoorFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Burt A AdelmanFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Andrew E NixonFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Daniel J SextonFrom the Dyax Corp., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, dsexton@dyax.com.
Beryllium (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plasma kallikrein (pKal) proteolytically cleaves high molecular weight kininogen to generate the potent vasodilator and the pro-inflammatory peptide, bradykinin. pKal activity is tightly regulated in healthy individuals by the serpin C1-inhibitor, but individuals with hereditary angioedema (HAE) are deficient in C1-inhibitor and consequently exhibit excessive bradykinin generation that in turn causes debilitating and potentially fatal swelling attacks. To develop a potential therapeutic agent for HAE and other pKal-mediated disorders, we used phage display to discover a fully human IgG1 monoclonal antibody (DX-2930) against pKal. In vitro experiments demonstrated that DX-2930 potently inhibits active pKal (Ki = 0.120 ± 0.005 nM) but does not target either the zymogen (prekallikrein) or any other serine protease tested. These findings are supported by a 2.1-Å resolution crystal structure of pKal complexed to a DX-2930 Fab construct, which establishes that the pKal active site is fully occluded by the antibody. DX-2930 injected subcutaneously into cynomolgus monkeys exhibited a long half-life (t½ ∼ 12.5 days) and blocked high molecular weight kininogen proteolysis in activated plasma in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Furthermore, subcutaneous DX-2930 reduced carrageenan-induced paw edema in rats. A potent and long acting inhibitor of pKal activity could be an effective treatment option for pKal-mediated diseases, such as HAE.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodiesCatalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansKallikreinsMolecular Sequence DataRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySurface Plasmon ResonanceAntibodiesKallikreinsAntibody EngineeringEnzyme InhibitorInflammationKallikreinProtease

Identifiers

PMID24970892
PMCPMC4156074
OpenAlexW1990240889

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