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ArticleScientific reports2019

Development of a bioassay to detect T-cell-activating impurities for T-cell-dependent bispecific antibodies.

Ho Young Lee, Edward Contreras, Ames C Register, Qiang Wu, Kathleen Abadie, Khristofer Garcia, Pin Yee Wong, Guoying Jiang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Bioassay Development for Bispecific Antibodies-Challenges and Opportunities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ho Young LeeBiological Technologies, Department of Analytical Development and Quality Control, Genentech-a Member of the Roche Group, South San Francisco, California, 94080, USA. lee.ho-young@gene.com.
Edward ContrerasBiological Technologies, Department of Analytical Development and Quality Control, Genentech-a Member of the Roche Group, South San Francisco, California, 94080, USA.
Ames C RegisterBiological Technologies, Department of Analytical Development and Quality Control, Genentech-a Member of the Roche Group, South San Francisco, California, 94080, USA.
Qiang WuBiological Technologies, Department of Analytical Development and Quality Control, Genentech-a Member of the Roche Group, South San Francisco, California, 94080, USA.
Kathleen AbadieBiological Technologies, Department of Analytical Development and Quality Control, Genentech-a Member of the Roche Group, South San Francisco, California, 94080, USA.
Khristofer GarciaBiological Technologies, Department of Analytical Development and Quality Control, Genentech-a Member of the Roche Group, South San Francisco, California, 94080, USA.
Pin Yee WongBiological Technologies, Department of Analytical Development and Quality Control, Genentech-a Member of the Roche Group, South San Francisco, California, 94080, USA.
Guoying JiangBiological Technologies, Department of Analytical Development and Quality Control, Genentech-a Member of the Roche Group, South San Francisco, California, 94080, USA. jiang.guoying@gene.com.
Gene Therapy Laboratory · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T-cell-dependent bispecific antibodies (TDBs) are promising cancer immunotherapies that recruit a patient's T cells to kill cancer cells. There are increasing numbers of TBDs in clinical trials, demonstrating their widely recognized therapeutic potential. Due to the fact that TDBs engage and activate T cells via an anti-CD3 (aCD3) arm, aCD3 homodimer (aCD3 HD) and high-molecular-weight species (HMWS) are product-related impurities that pose a potential safety risk by triggering off-target T-cell activation through bivalent engagement and dimerization of T-cell receptors (TCRs). To monitor and control the level of unspecific T-cell activation, we developed a sensitive and quantitative T-cell-activation assay, which can detect aCD3 HD in TDB drug product by exploiting its ability to activate T cells in the absence of target cells. This assay provides in-vivo-relevant off-target T-cell-activation readout. Furthermore, we have demonstrated that this assay can serve as a platform assay for detecting T-cell-activating impurities across a broad spectrum of aCD3 bispecific molecules. It therefore has the potential to significantly benefit many T-cell-recruiting bispecific programs.

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Biological AssayAntibodies, BispecificHumansLymphocyte ActivationT-LymphocytesAntibodies, Bispecific

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PMID30846832
PMCPMC6405939
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