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SUBMITTER: Barbas CF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC47701 | biostudies-other | 1993 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Barbas C F CF Languino L R LR Smith J W JW
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19931101 21
A strategy for the design and selection of human antibodies that bind receptors is described. We have demonstrated the validity of the approach by producing semi-synthetic human antibodies that bind integrins alpha v beta 3 and alpha IIb beta 3 with high affinity (10(-10) M). The selected antibodies mimic the integrins' natural ligands as demonstrated by their ability to compete with these ligands and Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD)-containing peptides for binding to the integrins. Furthermore, the antibodies ...[more]