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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Antibody-Drug Conjugates: The New Frontier of Chemotherapy.

Sara Ponziani, Giulia Di Vittorio, Giuseppina Pitari, Anna Maria Cimini, Matteo Ardini, Roberta Gentile, Stefano Iacobelli, Gianluca Sala, Emily Capone, David J Flavell and 2 more

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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97citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

97 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 161 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Clinical Progress and Prospects of Antibody-drug Conjugates in Advanced NSCLC].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2025
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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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sara PonzianiDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Giulia Di VittorioMediaPharma SrL, I-66013 Chieti, Italy.
Giuseppina PitariDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Anna Maria CiminiDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Matteo ArdiniDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9044-3352
Roberta GentileMediaPharma SrL, I-66013 Chieti, Italy.
Stefano IacobelliMediaPharma SrL, I-66013 Chieti, Italy.
Gianluca SalaMediaPharma SrL, I-66013 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4494-915X
Emily CaponeDepartment of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, I-66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6719-2535
David J FlavellThe Simon Flavell Leukaemia Research Laboratory, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7145-4737
Rodolfo IppolitiDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Francesco GiansantiDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8335-3412
University of L'Aquila · ITUniversity of Chieti-Pescara · ITSouthampton General Hospital · GB

Funding

Italian Ministry of Instruction, University, and Research National project PON ricerca e innovazione 2014-2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have become promising antitumor agents to be used as one of the tools in personalized cancer medicine. ADCs are comprised of a drug with cytotoxic activity cross-linked to a monoclonal antibody, targeting antigens expressed at higher levels on tumor cells than on normal cells. By providing a selective targeting mechanism for cytotoxic drugs, ADCs improve the therapeutic index in clinical practice. In this review, the chemistry of ADC linker conjugation together with strategies adopted to improve antibody tolerability (by reducing antigenicity) are examined, with particular attention to ADCs approved by the regulatory agencies (the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA)) for treating cancer patients. Recent developments in engineering Immunoglobulin (Ig) genes and antibody humanization have greatly reduced some of the problems of the first generation of ADCs, beset by problems, such as random coupling of the payload and immunogenicity of the antibody. ADC development and clinical use is a fast, evolving area, and will likely prove an important modality for the treatment of cancer in the near future.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAntineoplastic AgentsHumansImmunoconjugatesNeoplasmsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntineoplastic AgentsImmunoconjugatesAntibody-Drug Conjugatecancer therapycross-linkingdrug targetingMabspayload

Identifiers

PMID32752132
PMCPMC7432430
OpenAlexW3046413935

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