title: Reshaping human monoclonal antibodies for imaging and therapy.
abstract: Current problems in obtaining suitable monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) for in vivo imaging and therapy can now be bypassed using protein-engineering rather than conventional hybridoma technology. Rodent antibody binding sites can be grafted onto human acceptor antibodies thus reshaping the human MoAbs into reagents with more desired specificities. We successfully exploited this technology to produce two reshaped human antibodies with the same specificities and very similar binding abilities as demonstrated for the mouse antibodies H17E2 and HMFG1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Unilever Research, Bedford.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Verhoeyen
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Broderick
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Eida
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Badley
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000276:immunology*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000276:immunology*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology*; D018396:Mucin-1; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D018396:Mucin-1; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase