Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Targeted inhibition of activated protein C by a non-active-site inhibitory antibody to treat hemophilia

  • Xiao-Yan Zhao,
  • Andreas Wilmen,
  • Dongli Wang,
  • Xinquan Wang,
  • Maxine Bauzon,
  • Ji-Yun Kim,
  • Lars Linden,
  • Liang Li,
  • Ursula Egner,
  • Tobias Marquardt,
  • Dieter Moosmayer,
  • Jan Tebbe,
  • Julian Marius Glück,
  • Philipp Ellinger,
  • Kirk McLean,
  • Shujun Yuan,
  • Subramanian Yegneswaran,
  • Xiaoqiao Jiang,
  • Vince Evans,
  • Jian-Ming Gu,
  • Doug Schneider,
  • Ying Zhu,
  • Yifan Xu,
  • Cornell Mallari,
  • Ashley Hesslein,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Nicole Schmidt,
  • Katrin Gutberlet,
  • Christine Ruehl-Fehlert,
  • Alexius Freyberger,
  • Terry Hermiston,
  • Chandra Patel,
  • Derek Sim,
  • Laurent O. Mosnier,
  • Volker Laux

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16720-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Activated protein C (APC) is a plasma serine protease with antithrombotic and cytoprotective functions. Here, the authors develop a monoclonal antibody that specifically inhibits APC’s anticoagulant function without compromising its cytoprotective function, and shows efficacy in animal models.