Bispecific Antibodies for Cancer Immunotherapy: Current Perspectives
Abstract
The concept of using bispecific antibodies to retarget immune effector cells for cancer therapy was conceived more than 20 years ago. However, initial clinical studies were rather disappointing mainly due to low efficacy, severe adverse effects and immunogenicity of the bispecific antibodies. A deeper understanding of effector cell biology and especially developments in the field of antibody engineering has led to the generation of new classes of bispecific antibodies capable of circumventing many of these obstacles. Furthermore, new applications were established for bispecific antibodies, such as pre-targeting strategies in radioimmunotherapy or dual targeting approaches in order to improve binding, selectivity, and efficacy. This review summarizes recent progress in the development of bispecific antibodies and describes some new concepts developed for cancer immunotherapy.
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One of the most active areas of bsAbs application is in the field of cancer immunotherapy.
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- Authors
- Müller, D., & Kontermann, R. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Stuttgart (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Kontermann, Roland E.
- Venue
- BioDrugs
- Published
- 2010-04
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 89-98
- ISSN
- 1172-7039 (ISSN-L)
- 1173-8804
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- W2225363868
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- 137
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- FWCI
- 2.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- BioDrugs (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
- Keywords
- bispecific antibodies, cancer immunotherapy, antibody engineering, pretargeting, radioimmunotherapy, dual targeting, immunogenicity, adverse effects, T cell redirection
- MeSH terms
- Biotechnology, Humans, Immunotherapy, Interferon-gamma, Neoplasms, Radiotherapy, Recombinant Proteins, T-Lymphocytes, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Drug Delivery Systems, Antibodies, Bispecific, Models, Immunological
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