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ReviewAvicenna journal of medical biotechnology

Antibody-Drug Conjugates: Possibilities and Challenges.

Mohammad-Reza Nejadmoghaddam, Arash Minai-Tehrani, Ramin Ghahremanzadeh, Morteza Mahmoudi, Rassoul Dinarvand, Amir-Hassan Zarnani

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Review in Avicenna journal of medical biotechnology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
115citing papers in PubMed
11.3field-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

115 citing papers in PubMed, 184 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Prodrug Approach as a Strategy to Enhance Drug Permeability.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  19. Recent advances in targeted drug delivery systems for multiple myeloma.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2024
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55 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammad-Reza NejadmoghaddamNanotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Arash Minai-TehraniNanobiotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Ramin GhahremanzadehNanobiotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Morteza MahmoudiNanotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Rassoul DinarvandNanotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Amir-Hassan ZarnaniDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The design of Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) as efficient targeting agents for tumor cell is still in its infancy for clinical applications. This approach incorporates the antibody specificity and cell killing activity of chemically conjugated cytotoxic agents. Antibody in ADC structure acts as a targeting agent and a nanoscale carrier to deliver a therapeutic dose of cytotoxic cargo into desired tumor cells. Early ADCs encountered major obstacles including, low blood residency time, low penetration capacity to tumor microenvironment, low payload potency, immunogenicity, unusual off-target toxicity, drug resistance, and the lack of stable linkage in blood circulation. Although extensive studies have been conducted to overcome these issues, the ADCs based therapies are still far from having high-efficient clinical outcomes. This review outlines the key characteristics of ADCs including tumor marker, antibody, cytotoxic payload, and linkage strategy with a focus on technical improvement and some future trends in the pipeline.

Indexed as

Antibody-DrugCancer therapyCytotoxic drugsMonoclonal antibodiesNanomedicine

Identifiers

PMID30800238
PMCPMC6359697
OpenAlexW2909608025

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