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ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2016

Distinct antibody species: structural differences creating therapeutic opportunities.

Serge Muyldermans, Vaughn V Smider

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Review in Current opinion in immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The smallest functional antibody fragment: Ultralong CDR H3 antibody knob regions potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  8. Therapeutic Antibodies in Medicine.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  13. Structural Classification of CDR-H3 in Single-Domain VMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Serge MuyldermansCellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: svmuylde@vub.ac.be.
Vaughn V SmiderFabrus Inc., Division of Sevion Therapeutics, San Diego, CA 92121, United States; Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States. Electronic address: vvsmider@scripps.edu.
Scripps Research Institute · USVrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

Funding

Molecular and Structural Studies of Antibody Diversity MechanismsR01GM105826 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI SMIDER, VAUGHN VASIL · 2014 to 2021
$3.1M
Antibody Fingerprinting of Triple Negative Breast Cancer by High Throughput FACSR21CA198595 · NCI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI FELDING, BRUNIE H., SMIDER, VAUGHN VASIL · 2015 to 2016
$457k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA198595NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM105826
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies have been a remarkably successful class of molecules for binding a large number of antigens in therapeutic, diagnostic, and research applications. Typical antibodies derived from mouse or human sources use the surface formed by complementarity determining regions (CDRs) on the variable regions of the heavy chain/light chain heterodimer, which typically forms a relatively flat binding surface. Alternative species, particularly camelids and bovines, provide a unique paradigm for antigen recognition through novel domains which form the antigen binding paratope. For camelids, heavy chain antibodies bind antigen with only a single heavy chain variable region, in the absence of light chains. In bovines, ultralong CDR-H3 regions form an independently folding minidomain, which protrudes from the surface of the antibody and is diverse in both its sequence and disulfide patterns. The atypical paratopes of camelids and bovines potentially provide the ability to interact with different epitopes, particularly recessed or concave surfaces, compared to traditional antibodies.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodiesCamelids, New WorldCattleComplementarity Determining RegionsComputer SimulationGenetic EngineeringHumansImmunodominant EpitopesImmunotherapyMiceProtein ConformationSerologic TestsSpecies SpecificityAntibodiesComplementarity Determining RegionsImmunodominant Epitopes

Identifiers

PMID26922135
PMCPMC4884505
OpenAlexW2283351635

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Registered trials

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