Affinity Maturation Enhances Antibody Specificity but Compromises Conformational Stability

Summary: Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have recently emerged as one of the most promising classes of biotherapeutics. A potential advantage of B cell-derived mAbs as therapeutic agents is that they have been subjected to natural filtering mechanisms, which may enrich for B cell receptors (BCRs) with...

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Main Authors: Laila Shehata, Daniel P. Maurer, Anna Z. Wec, Asparouh Lilov, Elizabeth Champney, Tingwan Sun, Kimberly Archambault, Irina Burnina, Heather Lynaugh, Xiaoyong Zhi, Yingda Xu, Laura M. Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124719311040