Bispecific antibodies in prostate cancer therapy: Current status and perspectives

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Abstract

Prostate carcinoma (PC) is the second most common cancer in men. When the disease becomes unresponsive to androgen deprivation therapy, the remaining treatment options are of limited benefit. Despite intense efforts, none of the T cell-based immunotherapeutic strategies that meanwhile have become a cornerstone for treatment of other malignancies is established in PC. This refers to immune checkpoint inhibition (CI), which generally reinforces T cell immunity as well as chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells and bispecific antibodies (bsAbs) that stimulate the T cell receptor/CD3-complex and mobilize T cells in a targeted manner. In general, compared to CAR-T cells, bsAb would have the advantage of being an “off the shelf” reagent associated with less preparative effort, but at present, despite enormous efforts, neither CAR-T cells nor bsAbs are successful in solid tumors. Here, we focus on the various bispecific constructs that are presently in development for treatment of PC, and discuss underlying concepts and the state of clinical evaluation as well as future perspectives.

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Heitmann, J. S., Pfluegler, M., Jung, G., & Salih, H. R. (2021, February 1). Bispecific antibodies in prostate cancer therapy: Current status and perspectives. Cancers. MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13030549

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