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ReviewPharmaceutics2022

Linkers: An Assurance for Controlled Delivery of Antibody-Drug Conjugate.

Rotimi Sheyi, Beatriz G de la Torre, Fernando Albericio

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
109citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
18.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

109 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 192 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 countries.

Rotimi SheyiSchool of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa.
Beatriz G de la TorreKwazulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-8521-9172
Fernando AlbericioSchool of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8946-0462
University of KwaZulu-Natal · ZABiomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As one of the major therapeutic options for cancer treatment, chemotherapy has limited selectivity against cancer cells. Consequently, this therapeutic strategy offers a small therapeutic window with potentially high toxicity and thus limited efficacy of doses that can be tolerated by patients. Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are an emerging class of anti-cancer therapeutic drugs that can deliver highly cytotoxic molecules directly to cancer cells. To date, twelve ADCs have received market approval, with several others in clinical stages. ADCs have become a powerful class of therapeutic agents in oncology and hematology. ADCs consist of recombinant monoclonal antibodies that are covalently bound to cytotoxic chemicals via synthetic linkers. The linker has a key role in ADC outcomes because its characteristics substantially impact the therapeutic index efficacy and pharmacokinetics of these drugs. Stable linkers and ADCs can maintain antibody concentration in blood circulation, and they do not release the cytotoxic drug before it reaches its target, thus resulting in minimum off-target effects. The linkers used in ADC development can be classified as cleavable and non-cleavable. The former, in turn, can be grouped into three types: hydrazone, disulfide, or peptide linkers. In this review, we highlight the various linkers used in ADC development and their design strategy, release mechanisms, and future perspectives.

Indexed as

antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs)bioconjugationchemotherapycytotoxic drugFDAlinkermonoclonal antibodytumor

Identifiers

PMID35214128
PMCPMC8874516
OpenAlexW4211172653

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