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ArticleMolecular pharmaceutics2023

Enhanced Thermal Stability and Reduced Aggregation in an Antibody Fab Fragment at Elevated Concentrations.

Cheng Zhang, Jordan W Bye, Lok H Lui, Hongyu Zhang, John Hales, Steve Brocchini, Robin A Curtis, Paul A Dalby

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Article in Molecular pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Cheng ZhangDepartment of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-4406-2046
Jordan W ByeSchool of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Sackville Street, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
Lok H LuiUCL School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, U.K.
Hongyu ZhangDepartment of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
John HalesDepartment of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-0181-1238
Steve BrocchiniUCL School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, U.K.
Robin A CurtisSchool of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Sackville Street, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-7745-6362
Paul A DalbyDepartment of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-0980-8167

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aggregation of protein therapeutics such as antibodies remains a major challenge in the biopharmaceutical industry. The present study aimed to characterize the impact of the protein concentration on the mechanisms and potential pathways for aggregation, using the antibody Fab fragment A33 as the model protein. Aggregation kinetics were determined for 0.05 to 100 mg/mL Fab A33, at 65 °C. A surprising trend was observed whereby increasing the concentration decreased the relative aggregation rate, ln(v) (% day

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Immunoglobulin Fab FragmentsEntropyProtein StabilityImmunoglobulin Fab Fragmentsaggregationconcentrationcrowding effectdynamic light scattering (DLS)entropy change (△Svh)fabmechanistic modelmelting temperature (Tm)

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PMID37040431
PMCPMC10155210

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