Affinity improvement of a therapeutic antibody to methamphetamine and amphetamine through structure-based antibody engineering

Methamphetamine (METH) abuse is a worldwide threat, without any FDA approved medications. Anti-METH IgGs and single chain fragments (scFvs) have shown efficacy in preclinical studies. Here we report affinity enhancement of an anti-METH scFv for METH and its active metabolite amphetamine (AMP), throu...

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Main Authors: Thakkar, Shraddha, Nanaware-Kharade, Nisha, Celikel, Reha, Peterson, Eric C., Varughese, Kottayil I.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4070344/