Tag: antibody

An Fc engineering approach that modulates antibody-dependent cytokine release without altering cell-killing functions

This research article investigates an Fc engineering approach for monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that modulates antibody-dependent cytokine release (ADCR) without altering cell-killing functions. IgG1 mAbs elicited robust ADCC (antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity) and ADCR of proinflammatory...

i-shaped antibody engineering enables conformational tuning of biotherapeutic receptor agonists

The paper describes a new approach to engineer antibodies to act as agonists for cell surface receptors, which has potential applications in developing new biotherapeutics. The authors developed a method to re-shape conventional Y-shaped antibodies into more compact, linear “i-shaped” an...