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ArticleChemMedChem2025

Methods for the Generation of Single-Payload Antibody-Drug Conjugates.

Thomas Wharton, David R Spring

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Article in ChemMedChem, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. From Payload-First Toward Dual-Mechanism Antibody-Drug Conjugates.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  6. Biocompatible Chemistry: A Plug-and-Play Toolbox for Chemical Biology Research.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Thomas WhartonYusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK, CB2 1EW.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9370-284X
David R SpringYusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK, CB2 1EW.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7355-2824

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have emerged as a powerful form of targeted therapy that can deliver drugs with a high level of selectivity towards a specific cell type, reducing off-target effects and increasing the therapeutic window compared to small molecule therapeutics. However, creating ADCs that are stable, homogeneous, and with controlled drug-to-antibody ratio (DAR) remains a significant challenge. Whilst a myriad of methods have been reported to generate ADCs with a DAR of 2, 4, and 8, strategies to generate DAR 1 constructs are seldom reported despite the advantages of low drug loading to tune ADC properties or to allow access to antibody-antibody and antibody-protein constructs. This concept article highlights the diversity of methods that have been employed to access single-payload ADCs and explores the outlook for the field.

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ImmunoconjugatesGenetic EngineeringHumansImmunoglobulin GPolysaccharidesImmunoconjugatesImmunoglobulin GPolysaccharidesAntibodiesAntibody-drug conjugatesCytotoxicityDrug deliveryDrug-to-antibody ratio

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PMID40052373
PMCPMC12091852

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