Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40629871›Full record

ArticlemAbs2025

Footprinting for fingerprinting: proof-of-concept for the use of hydroxyl radical protein footprinting for structural comparison studies.

Vanessa A Noreika, Aaron T Wecksler

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in mAbs, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Vanessa A NoreikaProtein Analytical Chemistry Department, Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, CA.
Aaron T WeckslerProtein Analytical Chemistry Department, Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, CA.ORCID 0000-0002-6050-0926

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) require extensive physicochemical characterization to ensure product quality. The clinical and pharmacological properties of mAbs are linked to higher order structure (HOS), but high-resolution analytical techniques to evaluate structural conformations and structural comparisons during drug design and process development are limited. Here, we provide proof-of-concept for the use of hydroxyl radical footprinting-mass spectrometry (HRPF-MS) to characterize the average solvent accessible surface area ( < SASA>) of mAbs. The premise is that each mAb exhibits a unique "oxidative footprint" that may aid in demonstrating structural similarities and differences between mAbs and support the HOS characterization of a biotherapeutic fingerprint. This work, which includes case studies for comparing oxidative footprints between mAbs, highlights the challenges and future state needed to realize the potential of HRPF for the application of biotherapeutic fingerprinting.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalHydroxyl RadicalProtein FootprintingHumansMass SpectrometryProof of Concept StudyProtein ConformationAntibodies, MonoclonalHydroxyl Radicalbiotherapeutic fingerprintHydroxyl radical protein footprinting – mass spectrometrymonoclonal antibodyoxidative footprintingstructural consistency

Identifiers

PMID40629871
PMCPMC12243915

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.