Advances in Bispecific Antibodies
A special issue of Antibodies (ISSN 2073-4468).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2016) | Viewed by 59943
Special Issue Editor
Interests: immunotherapy of cancer; bispecific antibodies; T cell bispecific antibodies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bispecific antibodies have been the focus of antibody engineers almost since the discovery of therapeutic antibodies. These antibodies offer plenty of possibilities for improving the properties of conventional antibodies. Based on the modular design of immunoglobulins, a huge “zoo” of different bispecific antibody formats has been developed in recent decades. However, for many years, the development of these bispecific antibodies for clinical trials has been slow, due to various issues, such as technical challenges with production and short half-lifes. Only now have a significant number of bispecific antibodies (based on different designs) reached the clinic. This Special Issue of "Antibodies" focuses on our progress with bispecific antibodies, with respect to engineering, therapeutic applications, and those bispecific antibodies in preclinical and clinical development.
Dr. Christian Klein
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bispecific antibody
- antibody engineering
- T cell recruitment
- immunotherapy
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