Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41504346›Full record

ArticleMolecular cancer therapeutics2026

TPP-45142-an Anti-HER2 T-cell Engager-Designed for Selective HER2-Low Cancer Immunotherapy.

Evelyn De Tavernier, Peter S Kim, Eduardo M Bruch, Virna F Cortez-Retamozo, Lien Timmerman, Alyssa L Flynn, Wouter Van Overbeke, Fabrice Tirode, Valeria Cintra Barbosa-Lorenzi, Peter Piepenhagen and 7 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing 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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Review
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

17 authors.

Evelyn De Tavernier *NANOBODY Research Platform, Sanofi, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1903-3027
Peter S Kim *Oncology Research, Sanofi, Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-4108-299X
Eduardo M BruchStructural Biology, Sanofi, Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-8712-4289
Virna F Cortez-RetamozoIn vivo Pharmacology, Sanofi, Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0009-0009-8981-0168
Lien TimmermanNANOBODY Research Platform, Sanofi, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0002-0444-2546
Alyssa L FlynnOncology Research, Sanofi, Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-1912-8904
Wouter Van OverbekeNANOBODY Research Platform, Sanofi, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0003-6340-9911
Fabrice TirodeNuclear Imaging, Sanofi, Vitry-Sur-Seine, France.ORCID 0009-0008-6599-0945
Valeria Cintra Barbosa-LorenziGlobal Discovery Pathology and Multimodal Imaging, Sanofi, Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0009-0001-6439-3398
Peter PiepenhagenGlobal Discovery Pathology and Multimodal Imaging, Sanofi, Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-4530-1574
Thuvan Dinh-LeVaccine Research and Development, Sanofi, Orlando, Florida.ORCID 0009-0009-9829-8338
Ernesto LunaVaccine Research and Development, Sanofi, Orlando, Florida.ORCID 0000-0002-2631-6164
Aiqun LiDMPK, Sanofi, Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0009-0001-6360-3381
Ann BakerPreclinical Safety, Sanofi, Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0009-0009-9678-7664
Alexey RakIntegrated Drug Discovery, Sanofi, Vitry-Sur-Seine, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8028-8387
Lily I PaoOncology Research, Sanofi, Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-7626-2782
Ana Paula B VintémNANOBODY Research Platform, Sanofi, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0005-2999-6918

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The standard of care for patients with HER2-positive cancers is well established, but a significant unmet need exists for patients with HER2-low tumors, who do not meet the eligibility criteria for trastuzumab, and for patients with HER2-positive tumors, who are refractory to trastuzumab treatment. Therefore, in this study, we developed a NANOBODY domain-based HER2-targeting, T-cell receptor αβ-based T-cell engager (TCE) molecule-TPP-45142; it recognizes a HER2 epitope distinct from that recognized by trastuzumab and pertuzumab and redirects T cells to kill HER2-low cancers such as breast, gastric, and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma cancers. TPP-45142 mediated potent T cell-dependent cytotoxicity against HER2-low cancer cell lines in vitro and inhibited in vivo tumor growth of HER2-low breast cancer xenografts. TPP-45142 was highly selective toward tumor cells expressing low HER2 levels than toward normal cardiac cells and exhibited a favorable therapeutic index as per a cytokine release assay. Thus, TPP-45142, with an improved safety profile, is a promising next-generation TCE for treating challenging HER2-low cancers.

Indexed as

Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesImmunotherapyT-LymphocytesAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansMiceXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

Identifiers

PMID41504346
PMCPMC13044525

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
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.