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ArticleNano letters2026

HER2 Antibody-Nanogel Conjugates: A High-Capacity, Antibody-Sparing Alternative to Antibody-Drug Conjugates.

Jingyi Qiu, Yasin Alp, Shuai Gong, Paige Szipszky, D Joseph Jerry, S Thayumanavan

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Article in Nano letters, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Jingyi QiuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.
Yasin AlpCenter for Bioactive Delivery, Institute for Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.
Shuai GongCenter for Bioactive Delivery, Institute for Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8812-2197
Paige SzipszkyDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.
D Joseph JerryCenter for Bioactive Delivery, Institute for Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.
S ThayumanavanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6475-6726

Funding

Protein-Induced Self-Assembly and Disassembly of Nanostructures Based on OligoR35GM136395 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI Sankaran Thayumanavan · 2020 to 2026
$3.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136395
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HER2-targeted antibody-nanogel conjugates (ANCs) were developed with covalently encapsulated DM1 and benchmarked against the clinically optimized antibody-drug conjugate Kadcyla (T-DM1). In vitro, ANCs showed cytotoxicity comparable to that of T-DM1. In vivo, despite being at the proof-of-concept stage, HER2-DM1-ANC achieved equivalent antitumor efficacy in a BT-474 breast cancer xenograft model while requiring 4-fold less antibody. This reduced antibody usage may lessen the risk of tumor resistance, highlighting the unique advantage of the nanogel platform. The benefit stems from ANCs' higher drug-to-antibody ratio, achieved without chemical modification of the payload─a key bottleneck in ADC development. While T-DM1 represents a mature clinical product, these findings underscore ANCs as a high-capacity, modular nanoscale platform with significant potential for refinement and optimization in antibody-directed therapeutics.

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Breast NeoplasmsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesImmunoconjugatesMaytansineNanogelsAdo-Trastuzumab EmtansineAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansMiceTrastuzumabXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysAdo-Trastuzumab EmtansineERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesImmunoconjugatesMaytansineNanogelsTrastuzumabantibody−drug conjugatesantibody−nanogel conjugatesbreast cancerdrug deliveryHER2-targeted therapyxenograft model

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PMID41433257
PMCPMC12905803

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