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ArticleCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2024

MB2033, an anti-PD-L1 × IL-2 variant fusion protein, demonstrates robust anti-tumor efficacy with minimal peripheral toxicity.

Young Jin Park, Suna Kim, Hyoju Bang, Seok Chan Kang, Sunjung Cho, Jun-Eui Park, Sungyoub Jung, Ha Hyung Kim

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Article in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2024. 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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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Strategies to target PD-1/PD-L1 in the tumor microenvironment.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2026
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  5. Inflammatory factors collaboratively linkFrontiers in immunology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Young Jin Park *Research center, Mustbio, 102 Edu town-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16509, Republic of Korea.
Suna Kim *Research center, Mustbio, 102 Edu town-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16509, Republic of Korea.
Hyoju BangResearch center, Mustbio, 102 Edu town-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16509, Republic of Korea.
Seok Chan KangResearch center, Mustbio, 102 Edu town-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16509, Republic of Korea.
Sunjung ChoResearch center, Mustbio, 102 Edu town-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16509, Republic of Korea.
Jun-Eui ParkResearch center, Mustbio, 102 Edu town-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16509, Republic of Korea.
Sungyoub JungResearch center, Mustbio, 102 Edu town-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16509, Republic of Korea.
Ha Hyung KimDepartment of Global Innovative Drugs, Graduate School of Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea. hahyung@cau.ac.kr.

Funding

Korea Drug Development Fund, South Korea RS-2022-DD123812
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin-2 (IL-2), a cytokine with pleiotropic immune effects, was the first approved cancer immunotherapy agent. However, IL-2 is associated with systemic toxicity due to binding with its ligand IL-2Rα, such as vascular leakage syndrome, limiting its clinical applications. Despite efforts to extend the half-life of IL-2 and abolish IL-2Rα interactions, the risk of toxicity remains unresolved. In this study, we developed the bispecific fusion protein MB2033, comprising a novel IL-2 variant (IL-2v) connected to anti-programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) via a silenced Fc domain. The IL-2v of MB2033 exhibits attenuated affinity for IL-2Rβγ without binding to IL-2Rα. The binding affinity of MB2033 for PD-L1 is greater than that for IL-2Rβγ, indicating its preferential targeting of PD-L1

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B7-H1 AntigenInterleukin-2Recombinant Fusion ProteinsAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansImmunotherapyMelanoma, ExperimentalMiceMice, Inbred C57BLB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanInterleukin-2Recombinant Fusion ProteinsBispecific fusion proteinImmune checkpoint inhibitorImmunotherapyInterleukin-2

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PMID38834889
PMCPMC11150458

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