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ReviewTrends in pharmacological sciences2023

Development of bispecific T cell engagers: harnessing quantitative systems pharmacology.

Timothy Qi, Xiaozhi Liao, Yanguang Cao

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Review in Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2023. 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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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

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Covalent tumor anchoring spatially orchestrates antitumor immunity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  11. Engineering Stimuli-Responsive Materials for Precision Medicine.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
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  13. Future Directions for Quantitative Systems Pharmacology.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Timothy QiDivision of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Xiaozhi LiaoDivision of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Yanguang CaoDivision of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: yanguang@unc.edu.

Funding

Optimizing antibody-based therapy through a system platform of pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics-immunodynamicsR35GM119661 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI CAO, YANGUANG · 2016 to 2020
$2.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119661
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bispecific T cell engagers (bsTCEs) have emerged as a promising class of cancer immunotherapy. Several bsTCEs have achieved marketing approval; dozens more are under clinical investigation. However, the clinical development of bsTCEs remains rife with challenges, including nuanced pharmacology, limited translatability of preclinical findings, frequent on-target toxicity, and convoluted dosing regimens. In this opinion article we present a distinct perspective on how quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) can serve as a powerful tool for overcoming these obstacles. Recent advances in QSP modeling have empowered developers of bsTCEs to gain a deeper understanding of their context-dependent pharmacology, bridge gaps in experimental data, guide first-in-human (FIH) dose selection, design dosing regimens with expanded therapeutic windows, and improve long-term treatment outcomes. We use recent case studies to exemplify the potential of QSP techniques to support future bsTCE development.

Indexed as

Antibodies, BispecificPharmacologyHumansImmunotherapyNetwork PharmacologyT-LymphocytesAntibodies, Bispecificbispecific T cell engagercancerquantitative systems pharmacology

Identifiers

PMID37852906
PMCPMC10843027

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