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ArticleNature communications2023

Simultaneous selection of nanobodies for accessible epitopes on immune cells in the tumor microenvironment.

Thillai V Sekar, Eslam A Elghonaimy, Katy L Swancutt, Sebastian Diegeler, Isaac Gonzalez, Cassandra Hamilton, Peter Q Leung, Jens Meiler, Cristina E Martina, Michael Whitney and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Can Nuclear Imaging Detect Trained Immunity in Cardiovascular Disease?Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Thillai V Sekar *Department of Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2919-8802
Eslam A Elghonaimy *Department of Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-6017-3431
Katy L SwancuttDepartment of Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8991-409X
Sebastian DiegelerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3161-0744
Isaac GonzalezDepartment of Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8413-1953
Cassandra HamiltonDepartment of Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0025-4081
Peter Q LeungDepartment of Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8259-509X
Jens MeilerDepartment of Chemistry and Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Cristina E MartinaDepartment of Chemistry and Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6526-9180
Michael WhitneyDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Todd A AguileraDepartment of Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. todd.aguilera@utsouthwestern.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3734-3758
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USVanderbilt University · USPondicherry University · INSouthwestern Medical Center · USUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

Cancer Biology Training GrantT32CA124334 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI SHAY, JERRY WILLIAM · 2007 to 2021
$5.3M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA124334
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the rapidly advancing field of synthetic biology, there exists a critical need for technology to discover targeting moieties for therapeutic biologics. Here we present INSPIRE-seq, an approach that utilizes a nanobody library and next-generation sequencing to identify nanobodies selected for complex environments. INSPIRE-seq enables the parallel enrichment of immune cell-binding nanobodies that penetrate the tumor microenvironment. Clone enrichment and specificity vary across immune cell subtypes in the tumor, lymph node, and spleen. INSPIRE-seq identifies a dendritic cell binding clone that binds PHB2. Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals a connection with cDC1s, and immunofluorescence confirms nanobody-PHB2 colocalization along cell membranes. Structural modeling and docking studies assist binding predictions and will guide nanobody selection. In this work, we demonstrate that INSPIRE-seq offers an unbiased approach to examine complex microenvironments and assist in the development of nanobodies, which could serve as active drugs, modified to become drugs, or used as targeting moieties.

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Single-Domain AntibodiesEpitopesTumor MicroenvironmentEpitopesSingle-Domain Antibodies

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PMID37978291
PMCPMC10656474
OpenAlexW4388750814

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