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ArticleMolecular cancer therapeutics2021

A Novel Antagonistic CD73 Antibody for Inhibition of the Immunosuppressive Adenosine Pathway.

Melanie Wurm, Otmar Schaaf, Katharina Reutner, Rajkumar Ganesan, Sven Mostböck, Christina Pelster, Jark Böttcher, Bruna de Andrade Pereira, Christina Taubert, Isabella Alt and 11 more

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Article in Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Sym024 Interacts with a Unique Epitope on the CD73 Homodimer, Favoring Effective Bivalent Binding to Improve Anti-PD-1 Therapy.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026
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  6. 3D Tumor Model to Study Immune Cell Infiltration.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  11. The Clinical Significance of CD73 in Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Melanie Wurm *Boehringer Ingelheim RCV, GmbH & Co KG, Cancer Pharmacology and Disease Positioning, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2317-6952
Otmar Schaaf *Boehringer Ingelheim RCV, GmbH & Co KG, Drug Discovery Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Katharina Reutner *Boehringer Ingelheim RCV, GmbH & Co KG, Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Vienna, Austria.
Rajkumar GanesanBoehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Biotherapeutics Discovery, Ridgefield, Conneticut.ORCID 0000-0002-3431-9664
Sven MostböckBoehringer Ingelheim RCV, GmbH & Co KG, Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1301-7875
Christina PelsterBoehringer Ingelheim RCV, GmbH & Co KG, Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Vienna, Austria.
Jark BöttcherBoehringer Ingelheim RCV, GmbH & Co KG, Drug Discovery Sciences, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2189-5926
Bruna de Andrade PereiraBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH, Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Biberach, Germany.
Christina TaubertAllcyte GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
Isabella AltAllcyte GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
Garazi SernaVall d´Hebron University Hospital, Vall d´Hebron Institute of Oncology, CIBERONC, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2666-0982
Aurelie AugusteBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, Translational Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Biberach, Germany.
Kai B StadermannBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, Translational Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Biberach, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8036-1492
Denis DelicBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, Translational Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Biberach, Germany.
Fei HanBoehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Biotherapeutics Discovery, Ridgefield, Conneticut.
Jaume CapdevilaVall d´Hebron University Hospital, Vall d´Hebron Institute of Oncology, CIBERONC, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Paolo G NuciforoVall d´Hebron University Hospital, Vall d´Hebron Institute of Oncology, CIBERONC, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1380-0990
Rachel Kroe-BarrettBoehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Biotherapeutics Discovery, Ridgefield, Conneticut.ORCID 0000-0003-1413-1223
Paul J AdamBoehringer Ingelheim RCV, GmbH & Co KG, Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Vienna, Austria.
Anne B VogtBoehringer Ingelheim RCV, GmbH & Co KG, Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Vienna, Austria.
Irmgard HofmannBoehringer Ingelheim RCV, GmbH & Co KG, Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Vienna, Austria. irmgard.hofmann@boehringer-ingelheim.com.
Boehringer Ingelheim (Austria) · ATBoehringer Ingelheim (Germany) · DEBoehringer Ingelheim (Spain) · ESHebron University · PSEvercyte (Austria) · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite some impressive clinical results with immune checkpoint inhibitors, the majority of patients with cancer do not respond to these agents, in part due to immunosuppressive mechanisms in the tumor microenvironment. High levels of adenosine in tumors can suppress immune cell function, and strategies to target the pathway involved in its production have emerged. CD73 is a key enzyme involved in adenosine production. This led us to identify a novel humanized antagonistic CD73 antibody, mAb19, with distinct binding properties. mAb19 potently inhibits the enzymatic activity of CD73

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5'-NucleotidaseAdenosineAnimalsFemaleHumansImmunosuppression TherapyMiceTumor Microenvironment5'-NucleotidaseAdenosine

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PMID34482286
PMCPMC9398120
OpenAlexW3197634343

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