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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2026

Engineered

Qiumei Zhu, Shitao Feng, Zhende Yan, Zijian Wang, Xinran Huang, Changning Sun, Bingqiang Zhang, Xinrui Li, Yuchao Gu

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Article in Frontiers in 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Qiumei Zhu *School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
Shitao Feng *School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
Zhende YanSchool of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
Zijian WangQingdao Center of Technology Innovation for Shark Antibody Development, College of Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
Xinran HuangQingdao Center of Technology Innovation for Shark Antibody Development, College of Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
Changning SunQingdao Center of Technology Innovation for Shark Antibody Development, College of Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
Bingqiang ZhangQingdao Restore Medical Laboratory Co., Ltd., Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Xinrui LiQingdao Center of Technology Innovation for Shark Antibody Development, College of Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
Yuchao GuQingdao Center of Technology Innovation for Shark Antibody Development, College of Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The rising global incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) creates an urgent need for safer, gut-targeted therapies. Current treatments, from small-molecule drugs to systemic anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) biologics, are frequently limited by off-target immunosuppression, heightened infection risk, and poor mucosal bioavailability. Engineered probiotic-based live biotherapeutics offer a compelling alternative by enabling localized drug production within the inflamed intestine. Methods: We engineered Results: Among the tested signal peptides, α-hemolysin (HlyA) achieved highest secretion (4.6 mg/L), and the plasmid-based strain markedly outperformed genomic integrants without impairing growth. Simulations confirmed stable complementarity-determining regions (CDR)-mediated binding, consistent with the high affinity (EC Conclusion: This study establishes EcN-MT1 as a potent, orally deliverable live biotherapeutic that achieves localized TNF-α neutralization while concurrently promoting microbial and mucosal homeostasis, offering a novel and translatable strategy for IBD treatment.

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Escherichia coliInflammatory Bowel DiseasesProbioticsSingle-Domain AntibodiesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAnimalsColitisDextran SulfateDisease Models, AnimalFemaleIntestinal Barrier FunctionMiceRAW 264.7 CellsDextran SulfateSingle-Domain AntibodiesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaEscherichia coli Nissle 1917gut microbiotainflammatory bowel diseaselive biotherapeuticnanobody

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PMID42465743
PMCPMC13372642

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