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ArticleScientific reports2023

Insights into next generation sequencing guided antibody selection strategies.

M Frank Erasmus, Fortunato Ferrara, Sara D'Angelo, Laura Spector, Camila Leal-Lopes, André A Teixeira, Jesper Sørensen, Suhani Nagpal, Kathryn Perea-Schmittle, Alok Choudhary and 7 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

M Frank ErasmusSpecifica LLC, a Q2 Solutions Company, Santa Fe, USA. ferasmus@specifica.bio.
Fortunato FerraraSpecifica LLC, a Q2 Solutions Company, Santa Fe, USA.
Sara D'AngeloSpecifica LLC, a Q2 Solutions Company, Santa Fe, USA.
Laura SpectorSpecifica LLC, a Q2 Solutions Company, Santa Fe, USA.
Camila Leal-LopesNew Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, USA.
André A TeixeiraNew Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, USA.
Jesper SørensenOpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences, Santa Fe, USA.
Suhani NagpalOpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences, Santa Fe, USA.
Kathryn Perea-SchmittleSpecifica LLC, a Q2 Solutions Company, Santa Fe, USA.
Alok ChoudharyPublic Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
William HonnenPublic Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
David CalianesePublic Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Luis Antonio Rodriguez CarneroNew Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, USA.
Simon CocklinSpecifica LLC, a Q2 Solutions Company, Santa Fe, USA.
Victor GreiffUniversity of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Abraham PinterPublic Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.
Andrew R M BradburySpecifica LLC, a Q2 Solutions Company, Santa Fe, USA. abradbury@specifica.bio.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USSpecifica (United States) · USNew Mexico Consortium · USQ2 Solutions (United States) · USCadence Design Systems (United States) · USUniversity of Oslo · NO

Funding

Enhanced POC assay for TB in HIV-infected children based on the ultrasensitive detection of the urinary form of the lipoarabinomannan antigenR01AI152157 · NIAID · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PINTER, ABRAHAM · 2020 to 2024
$3.9M
Development of a highly-sensitive urine test for tuberculosis (TB) that detects diverse forms of urinary TB lipoarabinomannan (uLAM)R56AI171023 · NIAID · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PINTER, ABRAHAM · 2022 to 2022
$783k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI152157NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI171023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Therapeutic antibody discovery often relies on in-vitro display methods to identify lead candidates. Assessing selected output diversity traditionally involves random colony picking and Sanger sequencing, which has limitations. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) offers a cost-effective solution with increased read depth, allowing a comprehensive understanding of diversity. Our study establishes NGS guidelines for antibody drug discovery, demonstrating its advantages in expanding the number of unique HCDR3 clusters, broadening the number of high affinity antibodies, expanding the total number of antibodies recognizing different epitopes, and improving lead prioritization. Surprisingly, our investigation into the correlation between NGS-derived frequencies of CDRs and affinity revealed a lack of association, although this limitation could be moderately mitigated by leveraging NGS clustering, enrichment and/or relative abundance across different regions to enhance lead prioritization. This study highlights NGS benefits, offering insights, recommendations, and the most effective approach to leverage NGS in therapeutic antibody discovery.

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AntibodiesHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingEpitopesAntibodiesEpitopes

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PMID37884618
PMCPMC10603065
OpenAlexW4387956771

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