The role of extracellular spacer regions in the optimal design of chimeric immune receptors: evaluation of four different scFvs and antigens

…, J Arnold, A O'Neill, J Irlam, KA Chester… - Journal of …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Human peripheral blood lymphocytes can be transduced to express antigen-dependent
CD3ζ chimeric immune receptors (CIRs), which function independently of the T-cell receptor (…

Stromal features are predictive of disease mortality in oral cancer patients

…, SM Violette, PH Weinreb, KA Chester… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, approximately 405 000 cases of oral cancer (OSCC) are diagnosed each year,
with a rising incidence in many countries. Despite advances in surgery and radiotherapy, …

[HTML][HTML] The clinical efficacy of first-generation carcinoembryonic antigen (CEACAM5)-specific CAR T cells is limited by poor persistence and transient pre …

…, N Kirillova, JW Valle, SK Sharma, KA Chester… - Cancer Immunology …, 2017 - Springer
The primary aim of this clinical trial was to determine the feasibility of delivering first-generation
CAR T cell therapy to patients with advanced, CEACAM5 + malignancy. Secondary aims …

[HTML][HTML] A plug-and-play approach to antibody-based therapeutics via a chemoselective dual click strategy

A Maruani, MEB Smith, E Miranda, KA Chester… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Although recent methods for the engineering of antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) have gone
some way to addressing the challenging issues of ADC construction, significant hurdles …

Antibody–drug conjugates–a perfect synergy

…, JA Hartley, DG Williams, KA Chester - Expert opinion on …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: There is a great unmet need for effective new treatments in cancer, which
continues to be a major cause of death. Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) are emerging, after a …

[HTML][HTML] Next generation maleimides enable the controlled assembly of antibody–drug conjugates via native disulfide bond bridging

…, V Chudasama, MEB Smith, KA Chester… - Organic & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The advent of Adcetris™ and Kadcyla™, two recently FDA-approved antibody–drug conjugates
(ADCs), in the clinic has had a major impact on the treatment of lymphoma and breast …

Phage libraries for generation of clinically useful antibodies

KA Chester, RHJ Begent, L Robson, PA Keep… - The Lancet, 1994 - Elsevier
Insertion of antibody genes into filamentous bacteriophage makes it possible to generate
and screen libraries of 10 7 or more antibodies. Each phage expresses an antibody on its …

Fucoidan prolongs the circulation time of dextran-coated iron oxide nanoparticles

…, P Mulholland, R TM de Rosales, KA Chester - Acs Nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
The magnetic properties and safety of dextran-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide
nanoparticles (SPIONs) have facilitated their clinical use as MRI contrast agents and stimulated …

Preclinical evaluation of a novel CEA‐targeting near‐infrared fluorescent tracer delineating colorectal and pancreatic tumors

…, CJH van de Velde, KA Chester… - … journal of cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Surgery is the cornerstone of oncologic therapy with curative intent. However, identification of
tumor cells in the resection margins is difficult, resulting in nonradical resections, increased …

[HTML][HTML] Acid-cleavable thiomaleamic acid linker for homogeneous antibody–drug conjugation

…, E Miranda, V Chudasama, KA Chester… - Chemical …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In this communication we describe a novel acid-cleavable linker strategy for antibody–drug
conjugation. Functional disulfide bridging of the single interchain disulfide bond of a …