The Use of Antibodies in Small-Molecule Drug Discovery.

Autor: Marsden CJ; AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK catherine.marsden@astrazeneca.com., Eckersley S; AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK., Hebditch M; AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK., Kvist AJ; AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK., Milner R; AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK., Mitchell D; AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK., Warwicker J; AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK., Marley AE; AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of biomolecular screening [J Biomol Screen] 2014 Jul; Vol. 19 (6), pp. 829-38. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Apr 02.
DOI: 10.1177/1087057114527770
Abstrakt: Antibodies are powerful research tools that can be used in many areas of biology to probe, measure, and perturb various biological structures. Successful drug discovery is dependent on the correct identification of a target implicated in disease, coupled with the successful selection, optimization, and development of a candidate drug. Because of their specific binding characteristics, with regard to specificity, affinity, and avidity, coupled with their amenability to protein engineering, antibodies have become a key tool in drug discovery, enabling the quantification, localization, and modulation of proteins of interest. This review summarizes the application of antibodies and other protein affinity reagents as specific research tools within the drug discovery process.
(© 2014 Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening.)
Databáze: MEDLINE