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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Recent Progress on Affibody-Based Supramolecular Architectures: Moving from Monomeric Constructs to Multivalent Assemblies.

Hongfei Wang, Liqiang Wei, Chunyue Du, Antony Kam, Shining Loo

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hongfei WangWisdom Lake Academy of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Wuzhong No. 111, Renai Road, Suzhou 215123, China.
Liqiang WeiWisdom Lake Academy of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Wuzhong No. 111, Renai Road, Suzhou 215123, China.
Chunyue DuDepartment of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Wuzhong No. 111, Renai Road, Suzhou 215123, China.
Antony KamDepartment of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Wuzhong No. 111, Renai Road, Suzhou 215123, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2155-6887
Shining LooWisdom Lake Academy of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Wuzhong No. 111, Renai Road, Suzhou 215123, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2220-8297

Funding

GenScript 2025 GenScript Life Science Research GrantXi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University RDF-23-01-007Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University RDF-23-01-008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Affibody molecules have emerged as versatile protein engineering platforms due to their exceptional binding properties. These small (6.5 kDa) three-helix bundle proteins, derived from the Z-domain of Staphylococcal protein A, can be engineered to bind diverse molecular targets with high affinity and specificity. This structural and functional versatility has driven their applications in diagnostics, therapeutics, and biosensing. This review examines the evolution from monomeric affibody constructs to multivalent supramolecular assemblies, highlighting how this shift overcomes key limitations while expanding functionality. Recent advances in conjugation chemistry, scaffold engineering, and protein design have enabled sophisticated affibody-based architectures with enhanced pharmacokinetic profiles and multivalent binding capabilities, thereby improving their utility in targeted drug delivery, molecular imaging, and theranostics.

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affibodydiagnosticsdrug deliverysupramolecular architecturetherapeutics

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PMID41304914
PMCPMC12655228

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