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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2021

T Cell Bispecific Antibodies: An Antibody-Based Delivery System for Inducing Antitumor Immunity.

Daisuke Kamakura, Ryutaro Asano, Masahiro Yasunaga

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Molecular Insights and Novel Therapies for Lymphoproliferative Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  6. Immune cell engagers in lung cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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  10. Bispecific Antibodies in Solid Tumors: Advances and Challenges.International journal of molecular sciences · 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daisuke KamakuraDivision of Developmental Therapeutics, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa 277-8577, Japan.
Ryutaro AsanoDepartment on Biotechnology and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6795-8377
Masahiro YasunagaDivision of Developmental Therapeutics, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa 277-8577, Japan.
National Cancer Center Hospital East · JPTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology · JP

Funding

National Cancer Center Research and Development Fund 2020-A-9National Cancer Center Research and Development Fund 2020-S-2National Cancer Center Research and Development Fund 30-S-4Project for Development of Innovative Research on Cancer Therapeutics 18cm0106240Project for Development of Innovative Research on Cancer Therapeutics 20cm0106278Project for Development of Innovative Research on Cancer Therapeutics P-Direct
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a breakthrough immunotherapy, T cell bispecific antibodies (T-BsAbs) are a promising antibody therapy for various kinds of cancer. In general, T-BsAbs have dual-binding specificity to a tumor-associated antigen and a CD3 subunit forming a complex with the TCR. This enables T-BsAbs to crosslink tumor cells and T cells, inducing T cell activation and subsequent tumor cell death. Unlike immune checkpoint inhibitors, which release the brake of the immune system, T-BsAbs serve as an accelerator of T cells by stimulating their immune response via CD3 engagement. Therefore, they can actively redirect host immunity toward tumors, including T cell recruitment from the periphery to the tumor site and immunological synapse formation between tumor cells and T cells. Although the low immunogenicity of solid tumors increases the challenge of cancer immunotherapy, T-BsAbs capable of immune redirection can greatly benefit patients with such tumors. To investigate the detailed relationship between T-BsAbs delivery and their T cell redirection activity, it is necessary to determine how T-BsAbs deliver antitumor immunity to the tumor site and bring about tumor cell death. This review article discusses T-BsAb properties, specifically their pharmacokinetics, redirection of anticancer immunity, and local mechanism of action within tumor tissues, and discuss further challenges to expediting T-BsAb development.

Indexed as

drug developmentmechanism of actionpharmacokineticsT-BsAbT cell bispecific antibodyT cell redirection

Identifiers

PMID34832954
PMCPMC8619951
OpenAlexW3211472927

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