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ReviewCancer communications (London, England)2022

Antibody variable region engineering for improving cancer immunotherapy.

Hantao Lou, Xuetao Cao

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Review in Cancer communications (London, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Hantao LouLudwig Institute of Cancer Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DR, UK.
Xuetao CaoChinese Academy for Medical Sciences Oxford Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7FZ, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficacy and specificity of conventional monoclonal antibody (mAb) drugs in the clinic require further improvement. Currently, the development and application of novel antibody formats for improving cancer immunotherapy have attracted much attention. Variable region-retaining antibody fragments, such as antigen-binding fragment (Fab), single-chain variable fragment (scFv), bispecific antibody, and bi/trispecific cell engagers, are engineered with humanization, multivalent antibody construction, affinity optimization and antibody masking for targeting tumor cells and killer cells to improve antibody-based therapy potency, efficacy and specificity. In this review, we summarize the application of antibody variable region engineering and discuss the future direction of antibody engineering for improving cancer therapies.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsSingle-Chain AntibodiesAntibodies, MonoclonalHumansImmunotherapyKiller Cells, NaturalAntibodies, MonoclonalSingle-Chain Antibodiesantibody engineeringbi/trispecific killer engagercancer immunotherapychimeric antigen receptor-T (CAR-T) cellnanobodynatural killer (NK) cellscFv

Identifiers

PMID35822503
PMCPMC9456695

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