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ArticleNature biotechnology2025

Rapid discovery of monoclonal antibodies by microfluidics-enabled FACS of single pathogen-specific antibody-secreting cells.

Katrin Fischer, Aleksei Lulla, Tsz Y So, Pehuén Pereyra-Gerber, Matthew I J Raybould, Timo N Kohler, Juan Carlos Yam-Puc, Tomasz S Kaminski, Robert Hughes, Gwendolyn L Pyeatt and 7 more

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Katrin FischerDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6566-3038
Aleksei Lulla *Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Tsz Y So *MRC Toxicology Unit, Gleeson Building, Cambridge, UK.
Pehuén Pereyra-Gerber *Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID), Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Matthew I J Raybould *Oxford Protein Informatics Group, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5663-5297
Timo N Kohler *Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1949-0655
Juan Carlos Yam-Puc *MRC Toxicology Unit, Gleeson Building, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4395-8844
Tomasz S KaminskiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5124-4548
Robert HughesMRC Toxicology Unit, Gleeson Building, Cambridge, UK.
Gwendolyn L PyeattDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-9065-4736
Florian Leiss-MaierDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0641-973X
Paul BrearDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4045-0474
Nicholas J MathesonCambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID), Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Charlotte M DeaneOxford Protein Informatics Group, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1388-2252
Marko HyvönenDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8683-4070
James E D ThaventhiranMRC Toxicology Unit, Gleeson Building, Cambridge, UK. jedt2@mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-074X
Florian HollfelderDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. fh111@cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1367-6312

Funding

AstraZeneca StudentshipBoehringer Ingelheim Fonds (Stiftung für medizinische Grundlagenforschung) postdoctoral research fellowshipCUH | Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals (Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) 900239DH | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) BRCEC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 695669EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (H2020 Excellent Science - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) MSCA-IF-750772Gates Cambridge Trust StudentshipRCUK | Medical Research Council (MRC) MC_UU_00025/12RCUK | Medical Research Council (MRC) MR/T032413/1RCUK | Medical Research Council (MRC) Partial StudentshipWellcome TrustWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 204845/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) WT108438/C/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies are increasingly used to prevent and treat viral infections and are pivotal in pandemic response efforts. Antibody-secreting cells (ASCs; plasma cells and plasmablasts) are an excellent source of high-affinity antibodies with therapeutic potential. Current methods to study antigen-specific ASCs either have low throughput, require expensive and labor-intensive screening or are technically demanding and therefore not widely accessible. Here we present a straightforward technology for the rapid discovery of monoclonal antibodies from ASCs. Our approach combines microfluidic encapsulation of single cells into an antibody capture hydrogel with antigen bait sorting by conventional flow cytometry. With our technology, we screened millions of mouse and human ASCs and obtained monoclonal antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 with high affinity (<1 pM) and neutralizing capacity (<100 ng ml

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Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, ViralAntibody-Producing CellsFlow CytometryMicrofluidicsSARS-CoV-2AnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingCOVID-19HumansMiceAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, Viral

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PMID39143416
PMCPMC12167710

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