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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Targeting the Brain with Single-Domain Antibodies: Greater Potential Than Stated So Far?

Mireille Elodie Tsitokana, Pierre-André Lafon, Laurent Prézeau, Jean-Philippe Pin, Philippe Rondard

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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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

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

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  6. Antibody-conjugated polymer nanoparticles for brain cancer.Drug delivery and translational research · 2025
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  11. Recombinant Antibody Fragments for Immunotherapy of Parkinson's Disease.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mireille Elodie TsitokanaInstitute of Functional Genomics, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, 34094 Montpellier, France.
Pierre-André LafonInstitute of Functional Genomics, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, 34094 Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5176-3102
Laurent PrézeauInstitute of Functional Genomics, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, 34094 Montpellier, France.
Jean-Philippe PinInstitute of Functional Genomics, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, 34094 Montpellier, France.
Philippe RondardInstitute of Functional Genomics, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, 34094 Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0003-1134-2738

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-15-CE18-0020-01Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-20-CE18-0011-01Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-20-CE44-0006-02Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale DEQ20170336747LabEx MAbImprove NR-10-LABX-5301
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatments for central nervous system diseases with therapeutic antibodies have been increasingly investigated over the last decades, leading to some approved monoclonal antibodies for brain disease therapies. The detection of biomarkers for diagnosis purposes with non-invasive antibody-based imaging approaches has also been explored in brain cancers. However, antibodies generally display a low capability of reaching the brain, as they do not efficiently cross the blood-brain barrier. As an alternative, recent studies have focused on single-domain antibodies (sdAbs) that correspond to the antigen-binding fragment. While some reports indicate that the brain uptake of these small antibodies is still low, the number of studies reporting brain-penetrating sdAbs is increasing. In this review, we provide an overview of methods used to assess or evaluate brain penetration of sdAbs and discuss the pros and cons that could affect the identification of brain-penetrating sdAbs of therapeutic or diagnostic interest.

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Single-Domain AntibodiesBrainDiagnostic ImagingSingle-Domain Antibodiesblood-brain barrierbrain penetrationcamelid nanobodyimmunotherapyVHH

Identifiers

PMID36768953
PMCPMC9916958

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