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Common light chain chickens produce human antibodies of high affinity and broad epitope coverage for the engineering of bispecifics.

Kathryn H Ching, Kimberley Berg, Kevin Reynolds, Darlene Pedersen, Alba Macias, Yasmina N Abdiche, William D Harriman, Philip A Leighton

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kathryn H ChingDepartment of Research and Development, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Kimberley BergDepartment of Research and Development, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Kevin ReynoldsDepartment of Research and Development, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Darlene PedersenDepartment of Research and Development, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Alba MaciasDepartment of Structural Biology, Vernalis , Cambridge, UK.
Yasmina N AbdicheDepartment of Research and Development, Carterra, Inc. Salt LakeCity, USA(Currently at ImmunoPrecise Antibodies , Fargo, UT, USA.
William D HarrimanDepartment of Research and Development, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Philip A LeightonDepartment of Research and Development, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Emeryville, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6575-129X
Ligand Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USCarterra (United States) · USHarvard University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bispecific antibodies are an important and growing segment in antibody therapeutics, particularly in the immuno-oncology space. Manufacturing of a bispecific antibody with two different heavy chains is greatly simplified if the light chains can be the same for both arms of the antibody. Here, we introduce a strain of common light chain chickens, called OmniClic®, that produces antibody repertoires largely devoid of light chain diversity. The antibody repertoire in these chickens is composed of diverse human heavy chain variable regions capable of high-affinity antigen-specific binding and broad epitope diversity when paired with the germline human kappa light chain. OmniClic birds can be used in immunization campaigns for discovery of human heavy chains to different targets. Subsequent pairing of the heavy chain with a germline human kappa light chain serves to facilitate bispecific antibody production by increasing the efficiency of correct pairing.

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AnimalsAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibody AffinityAntigensB-LymphocytesChickensEpitopesFlow CytometryHumansImmunizationImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin kappa-ChainsImmunoglobulin Light ChainsProtein EngineeringAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigensEpitopesImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin kappa-ChainsImmunoglobulin Light Chainsantibody engineeringBispecificcommon light chainhuman antibodiestransgenic chicken

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PMID33491549
PMCPMC7849766
OpenAlexW3124118981

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