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Development of tibulizumab, a tetravalent bispecific antibody targeting BAFF and IL-17A for the treatment of autoimmune disease.

Robert J Benschop, Chi-Kin Chow, Yu Tian, James Nelson, Barbra Barmettler, Shane Atwell, David Clawson, Qing Chai, Bryan Jones, Jon Fitchett and 9 more

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Article in mAbs. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Targeting co-stimulatory molecules in autoimmune disease.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2020
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  20. Toward Drug-Like Multispecific Antibodies by Design.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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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

19 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert J Benschopa Biotechnology Discovery Research, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Center , Indianapolis , IN , USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6313-5218
Chi-Kin Chowa Biotechnology Discovery Research, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Center , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
Yu Tiana Biotechnology Discovery Research, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Center , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
James Nelsonb Biotechnology Discovery Research, Applied Molecular Evolution, Eli Lilly and Company , San Diego , CA , USA.
Barbra Barmettlerb Biotechnology Discovery Research, Applied Molecular Evolution, Eli Lilly and Company , San Diego , CA , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3333-4846
Shane Atwellb Biotechnology Discovery Research, Applied Molecular Evolution, Eli Lilly and Company , San Diego , CA , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2578-2462
David Clawsonc Discovery Chemistry Research and Technologies, Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Center , Indianapolis , IN , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1593-0214
Qing Chaib Biotechnology Discovery Research, Applied Molecular Evolution, Eli Lilly and Company , San Diego , CA , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6273-905X
Bryan Jonesb Biotechnology Discovery Research, Applied Molecular Evolution, Eli Lilly and Company , San Diego , CA , USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4764-6290
Jon Fitchettb Biotechnology Discovery Research, Applied Molecular Evolution, Eli Lilly and Company , San Diego , CA , USA.
Stacy Torgersond Department of Drug Disposition Development/Commercialization; Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Center , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
Holly Binaa Biotechnology Discovery Research, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Center , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
Ningjie Hua Biotechnology Discovery Research, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Center , Indianapolis , IN , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2786-4250
Joseph Manettaa Biotechnology Discovery Research, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Center , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
Victor J Wroblewskid Department of Drug Disposition Development/Commercialization; Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Center , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
Jirong Lua Biotechnology Discovery Research, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Center , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
Barrett W Allanb Biotechnology Discovery Research, Applied Molecular Evolution, Eli Lilly and Company , San Diego , CA , USA.
Eli Lilly (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe a bispecific dual-antagonist antibody against human B cell activating factor (BAFF) and interleukin 17A (IL-17). An anti-IL-17 single-chain variable fragment (scFv) derived from ixekizumab (Taltz®) was fused via a glycine-rich linker to anti-BAFF tabalumab. The IgG-scFv bound both BAFF and IL-17 simultaneously with identical stoichiometry as the parental mAbs. Stability studies of the initial IgG-scFv revealed chemical degradation and aggregation not observed in either parental antibody. The anti-IL-17 scFv showed a high melting temperature (

Indexed as

Antibodies, BispecificSingle-Chain AntibodiesAnimalsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAutoimmune DiseasesB-Cell Activating FactorFemaleHEK293 CellsHT29 CellsHumansInterleukin-17Macaca fascicularisMiceMice, TransgenicAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedB-Cell Activating FactorIL17A protein, humanInterleukin-17Single-Chain AntibodiestabalumabTNFSF13B protein, humanB cell activation factorbispecific antibodyInterleukin-17protein engineeringscFv

Identifiers

PMID31181988
PMCPMC6748573
OpenAlexW2951033460

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Registered trials

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