Title:Monoclonal Antibodies: A Prospective and Retrospective View
Volume: 28
Issue: 3
Author(s): Jwala Sivaccumar*, Annamaria Sandomenico*, Luigi Vitagliano and Menotti Ruvo*
Affiliation:
- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, CNR, Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Napoli,Italy
- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, CNR, Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Napoli,Italy
- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, CNR, Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Napoli,Italy
Keywords:
Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, antibody engineering, antibody developmental technologies, antibodymodeling softwares, diseases, pharmacological therapies.
Abstract:
Background: Monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs) represent one of the most important classes
of biotherapeutic agents. They are used to cure many diseases, including cancer, autoimmune diseases,
cardiovascular diseases, angiogenesis-related diseases and, more recently also haemophilia. They
can be highly varied in terms of format, source, and specificity to improve efficacy and to obtain
more targeted applications. This can be achieved by leaving substantially unchanged the basic structural
components for paratope clustering.
Objectives: The objective was to trace the most relevant findings that have deserved prestigious
awards over the years, to report the most important clinical applications and to emphasize their latest
emerging therapeutic trends.
Results: We report the most relevant milestones and new technologies adopted for antibody development.
Recent efforts in generating new engineered antibody-based formats are briefly reviewed.
The most important antibody-based molecules that are (or are going to be) used for pharmacological
practice have been collected in useful tables.
Conclusion: The topics here discussed prove the undisputed role of mAbs as innovative biopharmaceuticals
molecules and as vital components of targeted pharmacological therapies.