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Monoclonal Antibodies Targeting Ion Channels and Their Therapeutic Potential

Aurélien Haustrate1, Aline Hantute-Ghesquier1, Natalia Prevarskaya1

  • 1Laboratory of Cell Physiology, INSERM U1003, Laboratory of Excellence Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technologies, University of Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.

Frontiers in Pharmacology
|June 25, 2019
PubMed

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) represent a rapidly growing pharmaceutical class of protein drugs that becomes an important part of the precision therapy. mAbs are characterized by their high specificity and affinity for the target antigen, which is mostly present on the cell surface. Ion channels are a large family of transmembrane proteins that control ion transport across the cell membrane. They are involved in almost all biological processes in both health and disease and are widely considered as prospective targets. However, no antibody-based drug targeting ion channel has been developed so far that has progressed to clinical use. Thus, we provide a comprehensive review of the elaborated mAbs against ion channels, describe their mechanisms of action, and discuss their therapeutic potential.

Keywords:
ion channelmechanismmonoclonal antibodytargetingtherapy

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