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ReviewVaccines2021

Antibody-Drug Conjugates: Functional Principles and Applications in Oncology and Beyond.

Charalampos Theocharopoulos, Panagiotis-Petros Lialios, Michael Samarkos, Helen Gogas, Dimitrios C Ziogas

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Review in Vaccines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Charalampos TheocharopoulosFirst Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.
Panagiotis-Petros LialiosFirst Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0011-3895
Michael SamarkosFirst Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.
Helen GogasFirst Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0451-2885
Dimitrios C ZiogasFirst Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2620-4004

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the era of precision medicine, antibody-based therapeutics are rapidly enriched with emerging advances and new proof-of-concept formats. In this context, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have evolved to merge the high selectivity and specificity of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with the cytotoxic potency of attached payloads. So far, ten ADCs have been approved by FDA for oncological indications and many others are currently being tested in clinical and preclinical level. This paper summarizes the essential components of ADCs, from their functional principles and structure up to their limitations and resistance mechanisms, focusing on all latest bioengineering breakthroughs such as bispecific mAbs, dual-drug platforms as well as novel linkers and conjugation chemistries. In continuation of our recent review on anticancer implication of ADC's technology, further insights regarding their potential usage outside of the oncological spectrum are also presented. Better understanding of immunoconjugates could maximize their efficacy and optimize their safety, extending their use in everyday clinical practice.

Indexed as

antibody-drug conjugatesbispecific antibodiesdual-drug ADCsimmunoconjugatestargeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID34696218
PMCPMC8538104

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