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ReviewPharmaceutics2022

Bispecific Antibodies: A Novel Approach for the Treatment of Solid Tumors.

Luigi Liguori, Giovanna Polcaro, Annunziata Nigro, Valeria Conti, Carmine Sellitto, Francesco Perri, Alessandro Ottaiano, Marco Cascella, Pio Zeppa, Alessandro Caputo and 2 more

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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 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Salivary biomarkers: a promising approach for predicting immunotherapy response in head and neck cancers.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  13. Cracking the Codes behind Cancer Cells' Immune Evasion.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Luigi LiguoriDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0232-1452
Giovanna PolcaroOncology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.
Annunziata NigroOncology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1838-1484
Valeria ContiClinical Pharmacology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6964-2739
Carmine SellittoClinical Pharmacology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5595-7841
Francesco PerriMedical and Experimental Head and Neck Oncology Unit, INT IRCSS, Foundation "G. Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8158-7509
Alessandro OttaianoSSD Innovative Therapies for Abdominal Metastases, Abdominal Oncology, INT IRCCS Foundation "G. Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2901-3855
Marco CascellaUnit of Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy, INT IRCCS Foundation "G. Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5236-3132
Pio ZeppaPathology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7358-5925
Alessandro CaputoPathology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5139-3869
Stefano PepeOncology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.
Francesco SabbatinoOncology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6431-8278
University of Salerno · ITIstituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale" · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

Ministero della Salute 2017PHRC8X_003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advancement in sequencing technologies allows for the identification of molecular pathways involved in tumor progression and treatment resistance. Implementation of novel agents targeting these pathways, defined as targeted therapy, significantly improves the prognosis of cancer patients. Targeted therapy also includes the use of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). These drugs recognize specific oncogenic proteins expressed in cancer cells. However, as with many other types of targeting agents, mAb-based therapy usually fails in the long-term control of cancer progression due to the development of resistance. In many cases, resistance is caused by the activation of alternative pathways involved in cancer progression and the development of immune evasion mechanisms. To overcome this off-target resistance, bispecific antibodies (bsAbs) were developed to simultaneously target differential oncogenic pathway components, tumor-associated antigens (TAA) and immune regulatory molecules. As a result, in the last few years, several bsAbs have been tested or are being tested in cancer patients. A few of them are currently approved for the treatment of some hematologic malignancies but no bsAbs are approved in solid tumors. In this review, we will provide an overview of the state-of-the-art of bsAbs for the treatment of solid malignancies outlining their classification, design, main technologies utilized for production, mechanisms of action, updated clinical evidence and potential limitations.

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antibodiesbispecificbsAbclinical trialsimmunotherapymAbsolid malignancies

Identifiers

PMID36432631
PMCPMC9694302
OpenAlexW4309008620

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