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. 2021 Jul 23;9(8):872. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines9080872
AcBut 4-(4-acetylphenoxy) butanoic acid
ADC Antibody drug conjugates
ALCL anaplastic large cell lymphoma
ALL Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
AML acute myeloid leukaemia
ANS 1-anilino-8-naphthale-neosulfonate
BCMA B cell maturation antigen
cBu cyclobutane-1,1-dicarboxamide
CDR Complementarity determining region
CL2A cleavable PEG8- and triazole-containing PABC–peptide–MC linker
CTLA4 cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated antigen 4
Cys Cysteine
DAR Drug-antibody-ratio
DM1 derivative of maytansine/mertansine
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DOX doxorubicin
DXd deruxtecan
ELISA enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
EMA European medicines agency
ER estrogen receptor
EU European Union
FDA Food and drug administration
HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
HL Hodgkin lymphoma
HPLC High performance liquid chromatography
ICI Immune checkpoint inhibition
IgG Immunoglobulin G
IV intravenous
Lys lysine
mAb Monoclonal antibody
MC maleimidocaproyl
MCC maleimidomethyl cyclohexane-1-carboxylate
MC-Val-Cit Maleimidocaproyl Valine-Citrulline
MDR Multi drug resistance
MMAE Monomethyl auristatin E
MMAF Monomethyl auristatin F
P-gp P-glycoprotein
PAB para-aminobenzyl
PBD Pyrrolobenzodiazepines
PD-L1 Programmed cell Death-Ligand 1
PEG Polyethylene glycol
PHB p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol
PR progesterone receptor
SC subcutaneous
SEC-HPLC size exclusion chromatography-high performance liquid chromatography
SMCC Succinimidyl-4-[N-maleimidomethyl] cyclohexane-1-carboxylate)
SN-38 active metabolite of the topoisomerase I inhibitor irinotecan
SNP single nucleotide polymorphisms
SPDB N-succinimidyl-4-(2-pyridyldithio) butanoate
SPP N-succinimidyl-4-(2-pyridyldithio) pentanoate
T-DM1 Trastuzumab emtansine
TGA Therapeutic goods administration
ThT thioflavin
TROP-2 tumor associated calcium signal transducer 2
Val-CitPABC Valine-Citrulline para-aminobenzyloxycarbonyl
Val-Cit Valine-Citrulline
VcMMAE Valine-Citrulline monomethyl auristatin E