Affibody molecules in biotechnological and medical applications

S Ståhl, T Gräslund, AE Karlström, FY Frejd… - Trends in …, 2017 - cell.com
Affibody molecules are small (6.5-kDa) affinity proteins based on a three-helix bundle
domain framework. Since their introduction 20 years ago as an alternative to antibodies for …

Radiolabeled nanobodies as theranostic tools in targeted radionuclide therapy of cancer

M D'Huyvetter, C Xavier, V Caveliers… - Expert opinion on …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The integration of diagnostic testing for the presence of a molecular target is of
interest to predict successful targeted radionuclide therapy (TRNT). This so-called …

SYNBIP: synthetic binding proteins for research, diagnosis and therapy

X Wang, F Li, W Qiu, B Xu, Y Li, X Lian… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The success of protein engineering and design has extensively expanded the protein space,
which presents a promising strategy for creating next-generation proteins of diverse …

Targeted radionuclide therapy with A 177Lu-labeled anti-HER2 nanobody

M D'Huyvetter, C Vincke, C Xavier, A Aerts… - …, 2014 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
RIT has become an attractive strategy in cancer treatment, but still faces important
drawbacks due to poor tumor penetration and undesirable pharmacokinetics of the targeting …

Phase I clinical evaluation of 99mTc-labeled Affibody molecule for imaging HER2 expression in breast cancer

O Bragina, V Chernov, M Larkina, A Rybina… - …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The determination of tumor human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER2) status is
of increasing importance with the recent approval of more efficacious HER2-targeted …

Towards the magic radioactive bullet: improving targeted radionuclide therapy by reducing the renal retention of radioligands

KE de Roode, L Joosten, M Behe - Pharmaceuticals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT) is an emerging field and has the potential to become a
major pillar in effective cancer treatment. Several pharmaceuticals are already in routine use …

The emerging role of radionuclide molecular imaging of HER2 expression in breast cancer

V Tolmachev, A Orlova, J Sörensen - Seminars in cancer biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Targeting of human epidermal growth factor type 2 (HER2) using monoclonal antibodies,
antibody-drug conjugates and tyrosine kinase inhibitors extends survival of patients with …

Comparison of renal clearance of [18F]AlF-RESCA-HER2-BCH and [18F]AlF-NOTA-HER2-BCH in mice and breast cancer patients

J Liu, X Guo, L Wen, L Wang, F Liu, G Song… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose A novel HER2 affibody-based molecular probe,[18F] AlF-RESCA-HER2-BCH, was
developed for reducing renal uptake, evaluated, and compared with [18F] AlF-NOTA-HER2 …

Engineering of affibody molecules for therapy and diagnostics

J Feldwisch, V Tolmachev - Therapeutic Proteins: Methods and Protocols, 2012 - Springer
Affibody molecules are small and robust non-immunoglobulin affinity ligands capable of
binding to a wide range of protein targets. They are selected from combinatorial libraries …

Effect of Chelators on the Pharmacokinetics of 99mTc-Labeled Imaging Agents for the Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA)

S Ray Banerjee, M Pullambhatla, CA Foss… - Journal of medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Technetium-99m, the most commonly used radionuclide in nuclear medicine, can be
attached to biologically important molecules through a variety of chelating agents, the choice …