Functional relevance of in vivo half antibody exchange of an IgG4 therapeutic antibody-drug conjugate.

An increasing number of monoclonal antibodies and derivatives such as antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) are of the IgG1 and IgG4 isotype with distinct structural and functional properties. In cases where antibody-mediated cytotoxicity is not desired, IgG4 is often used, as its Fc region is relatively p...

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Main Authors: Peter Herbener, Kurt Schönfeld, Martin König, Matthias Germer, Jude M Przyborski, Katrin Bernöster, Jörg Schüttrumpf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5908158?pdf=render