ReviewWorld journal of microbiology & biotechnology2024
Nanobodies in the fight against infectious diseases: repurposing nature's tiny weapons.
Review in World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Novel recombinant VH43 antibody fragment potentiates the antibacterial activity of cephalosporins against Enterococcus faecium.Archives of microbiology · 2026Article
- A High-Affinity Nanobody Selectively Recognizing KPC-2/KPC-3: Biochemical and Structural Insights.Biomolecules · 2026Article
- A Unified Dataset for Antibody and Nanobody Design Including Sequence, Structure, and Binding Affinity Data.Scientific data · 2026Article
- Molecular Survival Strategies Against Kidney Filtration: Implications for Therapeutic Protein Engineering.Biophysica · 2026Article
- Nanobodies in biomedicine: from molecular characteristics to fabrication and clinical translation.Military Medical Research · 2026Review
- Cell Surface Markers of Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Current Knowledge and Advances in Characterization Technologies.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Identification of a Highly Potent Neutralizing Nanobody Against Human Adenovirus Type 4.Vaccines · 2025Article
- NanoDeNovo: De Novo Design of Anti-Poliovirus I Sabin Strain Nanobodies by Semi-Automated Computational Pipeline.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Next-Generation Therapeutic Antibodies for Cancer Treatment: Advancements, Applications, and Challenges.Molecular biotechnology · 2025Review
- The promising potential of camelid nanobodies for nuclear medicine.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025Article
- A novel PolyAr87-based cell transfection protocol for nanobody expression optimized via a targeted design of transfection approach.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Nanobodies are the smallest known antigen-binding molecules to date. Their small size, good tissue penetration, high stability and solubility, ease of expression, refolding ability, and negligible immunogenicity in the human body have granted them excellence over conventional antibodies. Those exceptional attributes of nanobodies make them promising candidates for various applications in biotechnology, medicine, protein engineering, structural biology, food, and agriculture. This review presents an overview of their structure, development methods, advantages, possible challenges, and applications with special emphasis on infectious diseases-related ones. A showcase of how nanobodies can be harnessed for applications including neutralization of viruses and combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria is detailed. Overall, the impact of nanobodies in vaccine design, rapid diagnostics, and targeted therapies, besides exploring their role in deciphering microbial structures and virulence mechanisms are highlighted. Indeed, nanobodies are reshaping the future of infectious disease prevention and treatment.
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