2021 Highlights: Humanized Model Publications
We are proud to highlight our growing list of publications featuring off-the-shelf and customized mouse, rat, and cancer cell models in well-respected, high-impact journals. Featured below is a selection of publications throughout 2021 that used our humanized mouse models. Congratulations to our colleagues who have contributed to these exciting results!
Humanized B-h4-1BB Mice
Hurov K, Lahdenranta J, Upadhyaya P, Haines E, Cohen H, Repash E, Kanakia D, Ma J, Kristensson J, You F, et al. BT7480, a novel fully synthetic Bicycle tumor-targeted immune cell agonist™ (Bicycle TICA™) induces tumor localized CD137 agonism. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Nov;9(11):e002883. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-002883. PMID: 34725211.
Upadhyaya P, Lahdenranta J, Hurov K, Battula S, Dods R, Haines E, Kleyman M, Kristensson J, Kublin J, Lani R, et al. Anticancer immunity induced by a synthetic tumor-targeted CD137 agonist. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Jan;9(1):e001762. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2020-001762. PMID: 33500260.
You G, Lee Y, Kang YW, Park HW, Park K, Kim H, Kim YM, Kim S, Kim JH, Moon D, et al. B7-H3×4-1BB bispecific antibody augments antitumor immunity by enhancing terminally differentiated CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. Sci Adv. 2021 Jan 15;7(3):eaax3160. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax3160. PMID: 33523913.
Zhai T, Wang C, Xu Y, Huang W, Yuan Z, Wang T, Dai S, Peng S, Pang T, Jiang W, et al. Generation of a safe and efficacious llama single-domain antibody fragment (vHH) targeting the membrane-proximal region of 4-1BB for engineering therapeutic bispecific antibodies for cancer. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Jun;9(6):e002131. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2020-002131. PMID: 34172514.
Humanized B-hPD-1 Mice
Hong Y, Feng Y, Sun H, Zhang B, Wu H, Zhu Q, Li Y, Zhang T, Zhang Y, Cui X, et al. Tislelizumab uniquely binds to the CC’ loop of PD-1 with slow-dissociated rate and complete PD-L1 blockage. FEBS Open Bio. 2021 Mar;11(3):782-792. doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.13102. Epub 2021 Feb 16. PMID: 33527708.
Huang J, Liu D, Wang Y, Liu L, Li J, Yuan J, Jiang Z, Jiang Z, Hsiao WW, Liu H, et al. Ginseng polysaccharides alter the gut microbiota and kynurenine/tryptophan ratio, potentiating the antitumour effect of antiprogrammed cell death 1/programmed cell death ligand 1 (anti-PD-1/PD-L1) immunotherapy. Gut. 2021 May 18:gutjnl-2020-321031. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-321031. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34006584.
Humanized B-hPD-L1/h4-1BB Mice
Jeong S, Park E, Kim HD, Sung E, Kim H, Jeon J, Kim Y, Jung UJ, Son YG, Hong Y, et al. Novel anti-4-1BB×PD-L1 bispecific antibody augments anti-tumor immunity through tumor-directed T-cell activation and checkpoint blockade. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Jul;9(7):e002428. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-002428. PMID: 34230109.
Humanized B-hPD-L1/hLAG3 Mice
Jiang H, Ni H, Zhang P, Guo X, Wu M, Shen H, Wang J, Wu W, Wu Z, Ding J, et al. PD-L1/LAG-3 bispecific antibody enhances tumor-specific immunity. Oncoimmunology. 2021 Jun 24;10(1):1943180. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2021.1943180. PMID: 34239776.
Humanized B-hPD-1/hPD-L1 Mice
Park JJ, Thi EP, Carpio VH, Bi Y, Cole AG, Dorsey BD, Fan K, Harasym T, Iott CL, Kadhim S, et al. Checkpoint inhibition through small molecule-induced internalization of programmed death-ligand 1. Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 22;12(1):1222. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21410-1. PMID: 33619272.
Humanized B-hTIGIT Mice and Humanized B-hPD-1/hTIGIT Mice
Xiao Y, Chen P, Luo C, Xu Z, Li X, Liu L, Zhao L. Discovery of a novel anti PD-L1 X TIGIT bispecific antibody for the treatment of solid tumors. Cancer Treat Res Commun. 2021 Sep 27;29:100467. doi: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2021.100467. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34598062.
Humanized B-hSIRPA/hCD47 Mice
Xu Z, Gao J, Yao J, Yang T, Wang D, Dai C, Ding Y. Preclinical efficacy and toxicity studies of a highly specific chimeric anti-CD47 antibody. FEBS Open Bio. 2021 Jan 15. doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.13084. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33449453.
RenMabTM Mice
Nie J, Xie J, Liu S, Wu J, Liu C, Li J, Liu Y, Wang M, Zhao H, Zhang Y, et al. Three epitope-distinct human antibodies from RenMab mice neutralize SARS-CoV-2 and cooperatively minimize the escape of mutants. Cell Discov. 2021 Jul 20;7(1):53. doi: 10.1038/s41421-021-00292-z. PMID: 34285195.
