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ReviewAntibody therapeutics2026

Bispecific and multispecific T-cell engagers: advancing the future of immunotherapy.

Xiaoqiang Kang, Yue Zhao, Hong Ling, Xiao Huang

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Review in Antibody therapeutics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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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

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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xiaoqiang KangNanjing Leads Biolabs, Nanjing, 210031, China.
Yue ZhaoStrategic & Intelligence Department, Nanjing Leads Biolabs, Nanjing, 210031, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1450-2578
Hong LingNanjing Leads Biolabs, Nanjing, 210031, China.
Xiao HuangR&D Department, Nanjing Leads Biolabs, Nanjing, 210031, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T-cell engagers (TCEs) represent an emerging class of immunotherapies that harness T cells' cytotoxic power to eliminate diseased cells-a transformative future therapeutic strategy. TCEs form immunological synapses to trigger potent immune responses, with proven efficacy in blood cancers; research expands their use to solid tumors via innovative molecular design and improved safety profiles. Beyond oncology, TCEs hold promise in autoimmune disorders by eliminating autoreactive cells, offering novel avenues for diseases like lupus. However, achieving optimal outcomes without disrupting immune homeostasis remains a challenge. Key obstacles-on-target off-tumor toxicity, cytokine release syndrome, tumor antigen loss, and T cell exhaustion-limit broader adoption. Current research addresses these via enhanced specificity, optimized design, improved druggability, and synergistic combinations. This review analyzes TCEs' mechanisms, challenges, innovations and applications, highlights our pipeline advances, and advocates sustained innovation to broaden TCE use across diseases.

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autoimmune diseasesbi- or trispecific antibodiescancer immunotherapyCD3T cell engagers

Identifiers

PMID41561192
PMCPMC12813292

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