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ArticleActa neuropathologica communications2020

Pre-clinical characterisation of E2814, a high-affinity antibody targeting the microtubule-binding repeat domain of tau for passive immunotherapy in Alzheimer's disease.

Malcolm Roberts, Ioanna Sevastou, Yoichi Imaizumi, Kavita Mistry, Sonia Talma, Madhurima Dey, Jane Gartlon, Hiroshi Ochiai, Zhi Zhou, Shigeru Akasofu and 12 more

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Article in Acta neuropathologica communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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70citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. ABBV-552 in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease: a randomized phase IIb trial.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  5. Emerging directions in tauopathy research.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  9. Programmed cell death: a promising management for Alzheimer's disease.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Malcolm RobertsHatfield Research Laboratories, Eisai Limited, Hatfield, UK. Malcolm_Roberts@eisai.net.
Ioanna SevastouReta Lila Weston Institute & Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, 1 Wakefield Street, London, UK.
Yoichi ImaizumiHatfield Research Laboratories, Eisai Limited, Hatfield, UK.
Kavita MistryHatfield Research Laboratories, Eisai Limited, Hatfield, UK.
Sonia TalmaHatfield Research Laboratories, Eisai Limited, Hatfield, UK.
Madhurima DeyHatfield Research Laboratories, Eisai Limited, Hatfield, UK.
Jane GartlonHatfield Research Laboratories, Eisai Limited, Hatfield, UK.
Hiroshi OchiaiTsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan.
Zhi ZhouTsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan.
Shigeru AkasofuTsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan.
Naoki TokuharaTsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan.
Makoto OgoTsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan.
Muneo AoyamaTsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan.
Hirofumi AoyagiTsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan.
Kate StrandReta Lila Weston Institute & Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, 1 Wakefield Street, London, UK.
Ezat SajediReta Lila Weston Institute & Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, 1 Wakefield Street, London, UK.
Kishan Lal AgarwalaTsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan.
Jared SpidelEisai Inc., Welsh Pool Road, Exton, PA, USA.
Earl AlboneEisai Inc., Welsh Pool Road, Exton, PA, USA.
Kanta HorieTsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan.
James M StaddonHatfield Research Laboratories, Eisai Limited, Hatfield, UK.
Rohan de SilvaReta Lila Weston Institute & Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, 1 Wakefield Street, London, UK. r.desilva@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-5052-5775
Eisai (Japan) · JPEisai (United Kingdom) · GBNational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GBEisai (United States) · USQueen Mary University of London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/M02492X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tau deposition in the brain is a pathological hallmark of many neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). During the course of these tauopathies, tau spreads throughout the brain via synaptically-connected pathways. Such propagation of pathology is thought to be mediated by tau species ("seeds") containing the microtubule binding region (MTBR) composed of either three repeat (3R) or four repeat (4R) isoforms. The tau MTBR also forms the core of the neuropathological filaments identified in AD brain and other tauopathies. Multiple approaches are being taken to limit tau pathology, including immunotherapy with anti-tau antibodies. Given its key structural role within fibrils, specifically targetting the MTBR with a therapeutic antibody to inhibit tau seeding and aggregation may be a promising strategy to provide disease-modifying treatment for AD and other tauopathies. Therefore, a monoclonal antibody generating campaign was initiated with focus on the MTBR. Herein we describe the pre-clinical generation and characterisation of E2814, a humanised, high affinity, IgG

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalFrontal LobeImmunization, PassiveImmunoglobulin GMaleMice, TransgenicProtein Aggregation, PathologicalProtein Isoformstau ProteinsAntibodies, MonoclonalImmunoglobulin GMAPT protein, humanProtein Isoformstau ProteinsAlzheimerimmunotherapyneurodegenerationTautauopathy

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PMID32019610
PMCPMC7001291
OpenAlexW3006717849

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