Oligoclonal antibody

Oligoclonal antibodies are an emerging immunological treatment relying on the combinatory use of several monoclonal antibodies (mAb) in one single drug.[1] The composition can be made of mAb targeting different epitopes of a same protein (homo-combination) or mAb targeting different proteins (hetero-combination). It mimicks the natural polyclonal humoral immunological response to get better efficiency of the treatment. This strategy is most efficient in infections and in cancer treatment as it allow to overcome acquired resistance by pathogens and the plasticity of cancers.[2]

  1. ^ Corti, Davide; Kearns, Jeffrey D (23 March 2016). "Promises and pitfalls for recombinant oligoclonal antibodies-based therapeutics in cancer and infectious disease". Current Opinion in Immunology. 40: 51–61. doi:10.1016/j.coi.2016.03.001. PMC 7127534. PMID 26995095.
  2. ^ Labouret, C; Poul, MA; Chardès, T (1 December 2019). "[Mimicking polyclonal immune response in therapy: from combination of two monoclonal antibodies to oligoclonal antibody-based mixtures]". Médecine/Sciences. 35 (12): 1083–1091. doi:10.1051/medsci/2019216. PMID 31903921. S2CID 213457290.