A bispecific immunotweezer prevents soluble PrP oligomers and abolishes prion toxicity

Antibodies to the prion protein, PrP, represent a promising therapeutic approach against prion diseases but the neurotoxicity of certain anti-PrP antibodies has caused concern. Here we describe scPOM-bi, a bispecific antibody designed to function as a molecular prion tweezer. scPOM-bi combines the c...

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Veröffentlicht in:PLoS pathogens 2018-10, Vol.14 (10), p.e1007335-e1007335
Hauptverfasser: Bardelli, Marco, Frontzek, Karl, Simonelli, Luca, Hornemann, Simone, Pedotti, Mattia, Mazzola, Federica, Carta, Manfredi, Eckhardt, Valeria, D'Antuono, Rocco, Virgilio, Tommaso, González, Santiago F, Aguzzi, Adriano, Varani, Luca
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