Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

On-target restoration of a split T cell-engaging antibody for precision immunotherapy

  • Agnes Banaszek,
  • Thomas G. P. Bumm,
  • Boris Nowotny,
  • Maria Geis,
  • Kim Jacob,
  • Matthias Wölfl,
  • Johannes Trebing,
  • Kirstin Kucka,
  • Dina Kouhestani,
  • Tea Gogishvili,
  • Bastian Krenz,
  • Justina Lutz,
  • Leo Rasche,
  • Dirk Hönemann,
  • Hannes Neuweiler,
  • Julia C. Heiby,
  • Ralf C. Bargou,
  • Harald Wajant,
  • Hermann Einsele,
  • Gert Riethmüller,
  • Gernot Stuhler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13196-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The restriction of appropriate tumour-specific antigens is a current limitation for T cell-engaging immunotherapy. Here, the authors have designed a new system constituted by two halve antibodies, which engage T cells once binding to two different antigens, to specifically eliminate double positive cells in preclinical leukemia and breast cancer mouse models.