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ArticleHepatology (Baltimore, Md.)2020

Engineered Anti-GPC3 Immunotoxin, HN3-ABD-T20, Produces Regression in Mouse Liver Cancer Xenografts Through Prolonged Serum Retention.

Bryan D Fleming, Daniel J Urban, Matthew D Hall, Thomas Longerich, Tim F Greten, Ira Pastan, Mitchell Ho

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Article in Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Glypican-3-targeted bioconjugates for hepatocellular carcinoma: design, engineering, and translational applications.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026
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  5. Diagnosis and Treatment Response Monitoring of Liver Cancer Using Glypican-3-Targeted Single-Domain Antibody PET.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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  10. Bacterial exotoxins in medicine: potential value and perspectives.International journal of medical sciences · 2025
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  15. Site-Specifically Conjugated Single-Domain Antibody Successfully Identifies Glypican-3-Expressing Liver Cancer by Immuno-PET.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2023
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  17. Nanobodies: Robust miniprotein binders in biomedicine.Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Bryan D FlemingLaboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.ORCID 0000-0003-3556-0852
Daniel J UrbanNCATS Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Rockville, MD.
Matthew D HallNCATS Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Rockville, MD.
Thomas LongerichInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Tim F GretenThoracic and Gastrointestinal Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
Ira PastanLaboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
Mitchell HoLaboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.ORCID 0000-0002-9152-5405
Cancer Institute (WIA) · INNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences · USHeidelberg University · DE

Funding

Immunotoxin Therapy of Solid and Hematopoietic Tumors: Preclinical StudiesZIABC008753 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI PASTAN, IRA · 2009 to 2024
$33.1M
Development of new antibody-based cancer therapiesZIABC010891 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI HO, MITCHELL · 2009 to 2025
$21.4M
Antibody Therapy of CancerZ01BC010891 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI HO, MITCHELL · 2008 to 2008
$56k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC010891Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010891NCI NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsTreatment of hepatocellular carcinomas using our glypican-3 (GPC3)-targeting human nanobody (HN3) immunotoxins causes potent tumor regression by blocking protein synthesis and down-regulating the Wnt signaling pathway. However, immunogenicity and a short serum half-life may limit the ability of immunotoxins to transition to the clinic. APPROACH AND

resultsTo address these concerns, we engineered HN3-based immunotoxins to contain various deimmunized Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE) domains. This included HN3-T20, which was modified to remove T-cell epitopes and contains a PE domain II truncation. We compared them to our previously reported B-cell deimmunized immunotoxin (HN3-mPE24) and our original HN3-immunotoxin with a wild-type PE domain (HN3-PE38). All of our immunotoxins displayed high affinity to human GPC3, with HN3-T20 having a K

conclusionThese data indicate that ABD-containing deimmunized HN3-T20 immunotoxins are high-potency therapeutics ready to be evaluated in clinical trials for the treatment of liver cancer.

Indexed as

ADP Ribose TransferasesAnimalsBacterial ToxinsCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell Line, TumorExotoxinsGlypicansHumansImmunotoxinsLiver NeoplasmsMiceMice, NudePseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin ASingle-Domain AntibodiesVirulence FactorsXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysADP Ribose TransferasesBacterial ToxinsExotoxinsGlypicansGPC3 protein, humanImmunotoxinsPseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin ASingle-Domain AntibodiesVirulence Factors

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PMID31520528
PMCPMC7069773
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