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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2015

Selection and characterization of llama single domain antibodies against N-terminal huntingtin.

Menno H Schut, Barry A Pepers, Rinse Klooster, Silvère M van der Maarel, Mohamed El Khatabi, Theo Verrips, Johan T den Dunnen, Gert-Jan B van Ommen, Willeke M C van Roon-Mom

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Article in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Menno H SchutDepartment of Human Genetics, Center for Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Barry A Pepers
Rinse Klooster
Silvère M van der Maarel
Mohamed El Khatabi
Theo Verrips
Johan T den Dunnen
Gert-Jan B van Ommen
Willeke M C van Roon-Mom
Leiden University Medical Center · NLMerus (Netherlands) · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington disease is caused by expansion of a CAG repeat in the huntingtin gene that is translated into an elongated polyglutamine stretch within the N-terminal domain of the huntingtin protein. The mutation is thought to introduce a gain-of-toxic function in the mutant huntingtin protein, and blocking this toxicity by antibody binding could alleviate Huntington disease pathology. Llama single domain antibodies (VHH) directed against mutant huntingtin are interesting candidates as therapeutic agents or research tools in Huntington disease because of their small size, high thermostability, low cost of production, possibility of intracellular expression, and potency of blood-brain barrier passage. We have selected VHH from llama phage display libraries that specifically target the N-terminal domain of the huntingtin protein. Our VHH are capable of binding wild-type and mutant human huntingtin under native and denatured conditions and can be used in Huntington disease studies as a novel antibody that is easy to produce and manipulate.

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Amino Acid SequenceAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibody SpecificityEpitopesEscherichia coliHumansHuntingtin ProteinHuntington DiseaseMolecular Sequence DataNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein BindingAntibodies, MonoclonalEpitopesHTT protein, humanHuntingtin ProteinNerve Tissue Proteins

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PMID25294428
PMCPMC4341019
OpenAlexW2042456048

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