Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Structure-guided and phage-assisted evolution of a therapeutic anti-EGFR antibody to reverse acquired resistance

  • Xinlei Zhuang,
  • Zhe Wang,
  • Jiansheng Fan,
  • Xuefei Bai,
  • Yingchun Xu,
  • James J. Chou,
  • Tingjun Hou,
  • Shuqing Chen,
  • Liqiang Pan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32159-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Acquired resistance to cetuximab can be mediated by generation of mutations in the EGFR ectodomain. Here the authors report a structure-guided and phage-assisted evolution approach for cetuximab evolution to reverse resistance without altering the binding epitope or undermining antibody efficacy.