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ArticleClinical & translational immunology2026

Enhanced Fc and complement activity of Fc-modified avelumab boosts anti-tumor activity but promotes NK cell fratricide.

Lachlan J Dobson, Barry D Hock, Ariana Ht Drabble, Liping Goddard, Judith L McKenzie, Sean A MacPherson, Alexander D McLellan

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Article in Clinical & translational immunology, 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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Lachlan J DobsonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5745-8706
Barry D HockHaematology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science University of Otago Christchurch New Zealand.
Ariana Ht DrabbleDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand.
Liping GoddardHaematology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science University of Otago Christchurch New Zealand.
Judith L McKenzieHaematology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science University of Otago Christchurch New Zealand.
Sean A MacPhersonHaematology Research Group, Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science University of Otago Christchurch New Zealand.
Alexander D McLellanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-0947

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Abstract

Objectives: The anti-PD-L1 antibody avelumab has demonstrated efficacy across multiple cancer types. Avelumab primarily blocks the PD-1/L1 immune checkpoint, while inducing antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) from CD16a Methods: Comparisons between the wild-type avelumab and modified 'AveFc5M' were carried out to assess the impacts of introduced mutations on PD-L1 blockade, ADCC induction and complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) induction. To assess ADCC, a range of PD-L1 Results: Both antibodies exhibited equivalent PD-L1 blocking activity. Notably, the modified AveFc5M displayed significantly enhanced ADCC across diverse tumor cell-effector cell combinations. Fc mutations also conferred the ability to mediate complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) against a PD-L1 Conclusion: These findings demonstrate that Fc engineering of avelumab can substantially augment ADCC and CDC activity against PD-L1

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antibody‐dependent cellular cytotoxicitycomplement‐dependent cellular cytotoxicityimmune checkpoint inhibitormonoclonal antibodies

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PMCPMC13144752

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