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ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2015

Building better monoclonal antibody-based therapeutics.

George J Weiner

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Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 302 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
302citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
57.9field-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

302 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 708 citations in OpenAlex.

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242 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

George J WeinerHolden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, 5970Z-JPP, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics · US

Funding

Viral VectorP30CA086862 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Douglas Robert Spitz · 2000 to 2026
$70.0M
The Role of Monocytes in non-Hodgkin LymphomaP50CA097274 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI WEINER, GEORGE J. · 2002 to 2021
$45.7M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA086862NCI NIH HHS P30 CA86862NCI NIH HHS P50 CA097274NCI NIH HHS P50 CA97274
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For 20 years, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have been a standard component of cancer therapy, but there is still much room for improvement. Efforts continue to build better cancer therapeutics based on mAbs. Anticancer mAbs function through various mechanisms, including directly targeting the malignant cells, modifying the host response, delivering cytotoxic moieties and retargeting cellular immunity towards the malignant cells. Characteristics of mAbs that affect their efficacy include antigen specificity, overall structure, affinity for the target antigen and how a mAb component is incorporated into a construct that can trigger target cell death. This Review discusses the various approaches to using mAb-based therapeutics to treat cancer and the strategies used to take advantage of the unique potential of each approach, and provides examples of current mAb-based treatments.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, MonoclonalAntineoplastic AgentsHumansImmunoconjugatesMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasmsNeovascularization, PathologicSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, MonoclonalAntineoplastic AgentsImmunoconjugates

Identifiers

PMID25998715
PMCPMC4491443
OpenAlexW1758612015

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