Publication Date:
2016-05-29
Description:
Article Antibodies that block the Wnt inhibitors sclerostin and DKK- 1 enhance bone formation and fracture repair. Here the authors show these monospecific antibodies induce compensatory mechanisms that limit efficacy, and have designed a sclerostin/DKK-1 bispecific antibody that promotes superior fracture repair in rodents and bone formation in primates. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms11505 Authors: Monica Florio, Kannan Gunasekaran, Marina Stolina, Xiaodong Li, Ling Liu, Barbara Tipton, Hossein Salimi-Moosavi, Franklin J. Asuncion, Chaoyang Li, Banghua Sun, Hong Lin Tan, Li Zhang, Chun-Ya Han, Ryan Case, Amy N. Duguay, Mario Grisanti, Jennitte Stevens, James K. Pretorius, Efrain Pacheco, Heidi Jones, Qing Chen, Brian D. Soriano, Jie Wen, Brenda Heron, Frederick W. Jacobsen, Emil Brisan, William G. Richards, Hua Zhu Ke, Michael S. Ominsky
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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