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ReviewTechnology in cancer research & treatment

Nanobody Conjugates for Targeted Cancer Therapy and Imaging.

Wei Kang, Chuanfeng Ding, Danni Zheng, Xiao Ma, Lun Yi, Xinyi Tong, Chuang Wu, Chuang Xue, Yongsheng Yu, Qian Zhou

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Review in Technology in cancer research & treatment. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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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

30 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. A multivalent nanobody-drug conjugate to prevent and treat influenza virus infections.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  13. Advances in Nanobody-Based Platforms for Precision Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy.Polymer science & technology (Washington, D.C.) · 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

10 authors.

Wei KangSchool of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2288-3540
Chuanfeng DingClinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Danni ZhengSchool of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.
Xiao MaSchool of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.
Lun YiSchool of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.
Xinyi TongSchool of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.
Chuang WuXiamen Medical College, Xiamen, China.
Chuang XueSchool of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.
Yongsheng YuClinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5139-3439
Qian ZhouClinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional antibody-based targeted cancer therapy is one of the most promising avenues of successful cancer treatment, with the potential to reduce toxic side effects to healthy cells surrounding tumor cells. However, the full potential of antibodies is severely limited due to their large size, low stability, slow clearance, and high immunogenicity. Alternatively, recently discovered nanobodies, which are the smallest naturally occurring antigen-binding format, have shown great potential for addressing these limitations. Bioconjugation of nanobodies to functional groups such as toxins, enzymes, radionucleotides, and fluorophores can improve the efficacy and potency of nanobodies, enhance their

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Drug Delivery SystemsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsDiagnostic ImagingFluorescent DyesHumansNeoplasmsSingle-Domain AntibodiesAntineoplastic AgentsFluorescent DyesSingle-Domain Antibodiesantibody fragmentsbioconjugationscancer imagingnanobodiestargeted caner treatmenttherapeutic nanobodies

Identifiers

PMID33929911
PMCPMC8111546

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