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Gastrobodies are engineered antibody mimetics resilient to pepsin and hydrochloric acid

Protein-based targeting reagents, such as antibodies and non-antibody scaffold proteins, are rapidly inactivated in the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Hydrochloric acid in gastric juice denatures proteins and activates pepsin, concentrations of which reach 1 mg/mL in the mammalian stomach. Two s...

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Autores principales: Wicke, Niels, Bedford, Mike R., Howarth, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8358037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34381153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02487-2