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ArticleCell reports2019

Affinity Maturation Enhances Antibody Specificity but Compromises Conformational Stability.

Laila Shehata, Daniel P Maurer, Anna Z Wec, Asparouh Lilov, Elizabeth Champney, Tingwan Sun, Kimberly Archambault, Irina Burnina, Heather Lynaugh, Xiaoyong Zhi and 2 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers.

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73citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

73 citing papers in PubMed, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laila ShehataAdimab, LLC, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA.
Daniel P MaurerAdimab, LLC, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA.
Anna Z WecAdimab, LLC, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA.
Asparouh LilovAdimab, LLC, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA.
Elizabeth ChampneyAdimab, LLC, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA.
Tingwan SunAdimab, LLC, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA.
Kimberly ArchambaultAdimab, LLC, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA.
Irina BurninaAdimab, LLC, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA.
Heather LynaughAdimab, LLC, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA.
Xiaoyong ZhiAdimab, LLC, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA.
Yingda XuAdimab, LLC, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA.
Laura M WalkerAdimab, LLC, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA. Electronic address: laura.walker@adimab.com.
Adimab (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have recently emerged as one of the most promising classes of biotherapeutics. A potential advantage of B cell-derived mAbs as therapeutic agents is that they have been subjected to natural filtering mechanisms, which may enrich for B cell receptors (BCRs) with favorable biophysical properties. Here, we evaluated 400 human mAbs for polyreactivity, hydrophobicity, and thermal stability using high-throughput screening assays. Overall, mAbs derived from memory B cells and long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs) display reduced levels of polyreactivity, hydrophobicity, and thermal stability compared with naive B cell-derived mAbs. Somatic hypermutation (SHM) is inversely associated with all three biophysical properties, as well as BCR expression levels. Finally, the developability profiles of the human B cell-derived mAbs are comparable with those observed for clinical mAbs, suggesting their high therapeutic potential. The results provide insight into the biophysical consequences of affinity maturation and have implications for therapeutic antibody engineering and development.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibody SpecificityHumansMolecular ConformationAntibodies, MonoclonalB cellsconformational stabilitydevelopabilityhydrophobicitymonoclonal antibodiespolyreactivity

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PMID31553901
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