RE: Inanaco20 Apr 2018 14:06
Then you have to think how that helps Moditope ... again bispecfic MABS are very big business
Bispecific monoclonal antibody. A bispecific monoclonal antibody (BsMAb, BsAb) is an artificial protein that can simultaneously bind to two different types of antigen. BsMabs can be manufactured in several structural formats, and current applications have been explored for cancer immunotherapy and drug delivery.
Anti-glycan antibodies can conceivably be used in a number of alternative settings for instance as carriers for drug conjugates or in a bispecific format to redirect T-cells. In all these settings absence of cross-reactivity with normal healthy tissues is warranted in order to avoid off-target toxicity. The immunohistochemical analysis of our Le antibodies revealed strong staining of a large percentage of tumor tissues covering colorectal, gastric, pancreatic, non-small cell lung, and ovarian cancer tissues, combined with no cross-reactivity with most normal tissues including lung, liver (parenchyma), heart, brain, and kidney. We observed some (low to moderate) normal cross-reactivity (mainly with a subset of gastrointestinal tissues), but it is unclear whether this represents the same target as the tumor tissues.