Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41192421›Full record

ArticleCell2025

Generation of antigen-specific paired-chain antibodies using large language models.

Perry T Wasdin, Nicole V Johnson, Alexis K Janke, Sofia Held, Toma M Marinov, Gwen Jordaan, Rebecca A Gillespie, Léna Vandenabeele, Fani Pantouli, Olivia C Powers and 14 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing 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

19 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Generative AI-drivenAntibody therapeutics · 2026
    Article
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Review
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Review
  19. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Perry T WasdinProgram in Chemical and Physical Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Center for Computational Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Vanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Nicole V JohnsonDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Alexis K JankeVanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Sofia HeldDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Toma M MarinovCenter for Computational Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Vanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Gwen JordaanVanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Rebecca A GillespieVaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Léna VandenabeeleDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Fani PantouliFlorida Research and Innovation Center, Cleveland Clinic, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34987, USA.
Olivia C PowersVanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Matthew J VukovichVanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Clinton M HoltProgram in Chemical and Physical Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Center for Computational Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Vanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Jeongryeol KimDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Grant HansmanInstitute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Jennifer LogueDivision of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Helen Y ChuDivision of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Sarah F AndrewsVaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Masaru KanekiyoVaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Giuseppe A SauttoFlorida Research and Innovation Center, Cleveland Clinic, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34987, USA.
Ted M RossFlorida Research and Innovation Center, Cleveland Clinic, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34987, USA.
Daniel J ShewardDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jason S McLellanDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Alexandra A Abu-ShmaisVanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Ivelin S GeorgievProgram in Chemical and Physical Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Center for Computational Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Vanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37237, USA. Electronic address: ivelin.georgiev@vumc.org.

Funding

Influenza Vaccine Research and DevelopmentZIAAI005003 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI KANEKIYO, MASARU · 2009 to 2025
$89.8M
High-throughput mapping of antigen specificity to B-cell-receptor sequence for characterizing antibody responses in HIV-vaccinated and infected individualsR01AI152693 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI GEORGIEV, IVELIN · 2020 to 2023
$3.4M
Technologies for High-Throughput Mapping of Antigen Specificity to B-Cell-Receptor SequenceR01AI175245 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Ivelin Georgiev · 2023 to 2026
$3.4M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI005003NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI152693NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI175245
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The traditional process of antibody discovery is limited by inefficiency, high costs, and low success rates. Recent approaches employing artificial intelligence (AI) have been developed to optimize existing antibodies and generate antibody sequences in a target-agnostic manner. In this work, we present MAGE (monoclonal antibody generator), a sequence-based protein language model (PLM) fine-tuned for the task of generating paired human variable heavy- and light-chain antibody sequences against targets of interest. We show that MAGE can generate novel and diverse antibody sequences with experimentally validated binding specificity against SARS-CoV-2, an emerging avian influenza H5N1, and respiratory syncytial virus A (RSV-A). MAGE represents a first-in-class model capable of designing human antibodies against multiple targets with no starting template.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, ViralArtificial IntelligenceCOVID-19HumansImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin Light ChainsInfluenza A Virus, H5N1 SubtypeLarge Language ModelsSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, ViralImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin Light Chainsantibody designartificial intelligencebiologicslanguage modelingmachine learningmonoclonal antibodyviruses

Identifiers

PMID41192421
PMCPMC12684077

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
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.