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Discovery and engineering of an anti-TREM2 antibody to promote amyloid plaque clearance by microglia in 5XFAD mice.

Peng Zhao, Yuanzhong Xu, Xuejun Fan, Leike Li, Xin Li, Hisashi Arase, Qingchun Tong, Ningyan Zhang, Zhiqiang An

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Article in mAbs. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. PTP1B inhibition promotes microglial phagocytosis in Alzheimer's disease models by enhancing SYK signaling.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  11. Roles of TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease.Translational neurodegeneration · 2025
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  12. Bispecific brain-penetrant antibodies for treatment of Alzheimer's disease.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2025
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  18. Multimerization of TREM2 is impaired by Alzheimer's disease-associated variants.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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  19. Neutral or Detrimental Effects of TREM2 Agonist Antibodies in Preclinical Models of Alzheimer's Disease and Multiple Sclerosis.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Peng ZhaoBrown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, Texas Therapeutics Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Yuanzhong XuCenter for Metabolic and Degenerative Diseases, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Xuejun FanBrown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, Texas Therapeutics Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Leike LiBrown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, Texas Therapeutics Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Xin LiBrown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, Texas Therapeutics Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Hisashi AraseDepartment of Immunochemistry, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
Qingchun TongCenter for Metabolic and Degenerative Diseases, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Ningyan ZhangBrown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, Texas Therapeutics Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Zhiqiang AnBrown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, Texas Therapeutics Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9309-2335
Brown Foundation · USThe University of Osaka · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) plays a crucial role in regulating microglial functions and removal of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, therapeutics based on this knowledge have not been developed due to the low antibody brain penetration and weak TREM2 activation. In this study, we engineered a TREM2 bispecific antibody to potently activate TREM2 and enter the brain. To boost TREM2 activation, we increased the valency of bivalent anti-TREM2 Ab2 IgG to tetra-variable domain immunoglobulin (TVD-Ig), thus improving the EC

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseasePlaque, AmyloidAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansInfantMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, TransgenicMicrogliaReceptors, ImmunologicReceptors, TransferrinSyk KinaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesMembrane GlycoproteinsReceptors, ImmunologicReceptors, TransferrinSyk KinaseTrem2 protein, mouseAlzheimer’s diseaseantibody engineeringbispecific antibodymicrogliaTREM2

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PMID35921534
PMCPMC9354770
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