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ReviewAntibodies (Basel, Switzerland)2016

Antibody Aggregation: Insights from Sequence and Structure.

Wei Li, Ponraj Prabakaran, Weizao Chen, Zhongyu Zhu, Yang Feng, Dimiter S Dimitrov

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Review in Antibodies (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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72 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Wei LiProtein Interactions Section, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. wei.li3@nih.gov.
Ponraj PrabakaranIntrexon Corporation, Germantown, MD 20876, USA. praba.ponraj@gmail.com.
Weizao ChenProtein Interactions Section, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. chenw3@mail.nih.gov.
Zhongyu ZhuProtein Interactions Section, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. zhuzhongyu@mail.nih.gov.
Yang FengProtein Interactions Section, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. fengya@mail.nih.gov.
Dimiter S DimitrovProtein Interactions Section, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. dimitrdi@mail.nih.gov.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are the fastest-growing biological therapeutics with important applications ranging from cancers, autoimmunity diseases and metabolic disorders to emerging infectious diseases. Aggregation of mAbs continues to be a major problem in their developability. Antibody aggregation could be triggered by partial unfolding of its domains, leading to monomer-monomer association followed by nucleation and growth. Although the aggregation propensities of antibodies and antibody-based proteins can be affected by the external experimental conditions, they are strongly dependent on the intrinsic antibody properties as determined by their sequences and structures. In this review, we describe how the unfolding and aggregation susceptibilities of IgG could be related to their cognate sequences and structures. The impact of antibody domain structures on thermostability and aggregation propensities, and effective strategies to reduce aggregation are discussed. Finally, the aggregation of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) as related to their sequence/structure, linker payload, conjugation chemistry and drug-antibody ratio (DAR) is reviewed.

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antibody aggregationantibody domainsantibody drug conjugatesmonoclonal antibodiesprotein unfolding

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PMID31558000
PMCPMC6698864

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