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ArticleScientific reports2021

Preclinical development of a bispecific TNFα/IL-23 neutralising domain antibody as a novel oral treatment for inflammatory bowel disease.

Kevin J Roberts, Marion F Cubitt, Timothy M Carlton, Lurdes Rodrigues-Duarte, Luana Maggiore, Ray Chai, Simon Clare, Katherine Harcourt, Thomas T MacDonald, Keith P Ray and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. New Kids on the Block: IL-23 Inhibitors in IBD Management.Current gastroenterology reports · 2025
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  10. Inflammation-oriented montmorillonite adjuvant enhanced oral delivery of anti-TNF-α nanobody against inflammatory bowel disease.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  14. Localised Delivery of Macromolecules to the Large Intestine: Translation to Clinical Trials.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kevin J RobertsVHsquared Ltd., 1 Lower Court, Copley Hill, Cambridge Road, Babraham, Cambridge, CB22 3GN, UK. KRoberts@sorrisopharma.com.
Marion F CubittVHsquared Ltd., 1 Lower Court, Copley Hill, Cambridge Road, Babraham, Cambridge, CB22 3GN, UK.
Timothy M CarltonVHsquared Ltd., 1 Lower Court, Copley Hill, Cambridge Road, Babraham, Cambridge, CB22 3GN, UK.
Lurdes Rodrigues-DuarteVHsquared Ltd., 1 Lower Court, Copley Hill, Cambridge Road, Babraham, Cambridge, CB22 3GN, UK.
Luana MaggioreVHsquared Ltd., 1 Lower Court, Copley Hill, Cambridge Road, Babraham, Cambridge, CB22 3GN, UK.
Ray ChaiVHsquared Ltd., 1 Lower Court, Copley Hill, Cambridge Road, Babraham, Cambridge, CB22 3GN, UK.
Simon ClareWellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK.
Katherine HarcourtWellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK.
Thomas T MacDonaldBlizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark St, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT, UK.
Keith P RayVHsquared Ltd., 1 Lower Court, Copley Hill, Cambridge Road, Babraham, Cambridge, CB22 3GN, UK.
Anna VossenkämperBlizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark St, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT, UK.
Michael R WestVHsquared Ltd., 1 Lower Court, Copley Hill, Cambridge Road, Babraham, Cambridge, CB22 3GN, UK.
J Scott CroweVHsquared Ltd., 1 Lower Court, Copley Hill, Cambridge Road, Babraham, Cambridge, CB22 3GN, UK.
VHsquared (United Kingdom) · GBQueen Mary University of London · GBWellcome Sanger Institute · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anti-TNFα and anti-IL-23 antibodies are highly effective therapies for Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis in a proportion of patients. V56B2 is a novel bispecific domain antibody in which a llama-derived IL-23p19-specific domain antibody, humanised and engineered for intestinal protease resistance, V900, was combined with a previously-described TNFα-specific domain antibody, V565. V56B2 contains a central protease-labile linker to create a single molecule for oral administration. Incubation of V56B2 with trypsin or human faecal supernatant resulted in a complete separation of the V565 and V900 monomers without loss of neutralising potency. Following oral administration of V900 and V565 in mice, high levels of each domain antibody were detected in the faeces, demonstrating stability in the intestinal milieu. In ex vivo cultures of colonic biopsies from IBD patients, treatment with V565 or V900 inhibited tissue phosphoprotein levels and with a combination of the two, inhibition was even greater. These results support further development of V56B2 as an oral therapy for IBD with improved safety and efficacy in a greater proportion of patients as well as greater convenience for patients compared with traditional monoclonal antibody therapies.

Indexed as

Antibodies, BispecificAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalFemaleHumansInflammatory Bowel DiseasesInterleukin-23MiceMice, Inbred C57BLTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, MonoclonalInterleukin-23Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID34593832
PMCPMC8484351
OpenAlexW3202394649

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