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. 2023 Mar 16;12(1):24. doi: 10.3390/antib12010024
Abbreviation/Term Definition
AIDA Antibody–antigen interaction-dependent apoptosis
Abd technology Antibody-derived compound technology
Affimer Small non-antibody proteins that bind antigens
Biodegrader An intracellular antibody engineered as a fusion with an E3 ligase for targeted protein degradation of a target protein
CDR Antibody-complementarity-determining regions
CPPs Cell-penetrating peptides
CP3 Caspase 3
DARPins Designed ankyrin repeat proteins
EBV Epstein–Barr virus
epitope Antigen-binding amino acids that interact with antibody paratope
Rule of 5 Empirical rules for parameters of drug-like properties of compounds. See [53]
H and L chain Antibody heavy and light chains
HIV Human immunodeficiency virus
iDAb Intracellular domain antibody
IgG Immunoglobulin G-class antibody
LNP Lipid nanoparticle
macrodrug An intracellular antibody used as a drug per se
monobody Synthetic proteins based on fibronectin type III domain
nanobody Camelid VHH fragments
NLS Nuclear localisation signal
paratope Antibody-binding amino acids that interact with antigenic epitope
PPI Protein–protein interaction
PROTAC Proteolysis-targeting chimeric
scFv Single-chain fragment variable
SIT technology Suicide (or silencing) intrabody technology
V region Antibody variable region
VNAR Shark heavy-chain V region
warhead Generic term for effector region fused to intracellular antibodies instead of the Fc region of immunoglobulin