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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2017

Single-Domain Antibodies As Versatile Affinity Reagents for Analytical and Diagnostic Applications.

Gualberto Gonzalez-Sapienza, Martín A Rossotti, Sofía Tabares-da Rosa

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

102 citing papers in PubMed.

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  20. Construction and validation of a synthetic phage-displayed nanobody library.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Gualberto Gonzalez-SapienzaCátedra de Inmunología, Facultad de Química, Instituto de Higiene, UDELAR, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Martín A RossottiCátedra de Inmunología, Facultad de Química, Instituto de Higiene, UDELAR, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Sofía Tabares-da RosaCátedra de Inmunología, Facultad de Química, Instituto de Higiene, UDELAR, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With just three CDRs in their variable domains, the antigen-binding site of camelid heavy-chain-only antibodies (HcAbs) has a more limited structural diversity than that of conventional antibodies. Even so, this does not seem to limit their specificity and high affinity as HcAbs against a broad range of structurally diverse antigens have been reported. The recombinant form of their variable domain [nanobody (Nb)] has outstanding properties that make Nbs, not just an alternative option to conventional antibodies, but in many cases, these properties allow them to reach analytical or diagnostic performances that cannot be accomplished with conventional antibodies. These attributes include comprehensive representation of the immune specificity in display libraries, easy adaptation to high-throughput screening, exceptional stability, minimal size, and versatility as affinity building block. Here, we critically reviewed each of these properties and highlight their relevance with regard to recent developments in different fields of immunosensing applications.

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haptensimagingimmunodetectionnanobodiesphage displayVHH

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PMID28871254
PMCPMC5566570

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