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Molecular Survival Strategies Against Kidney Filtration: Implications for Therapeutic Protein Engineering

William P Heaps1, Anne Elise Packard1, Kristina M McCammon1

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.

Biophysica
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Fc-fusionFcRn recyclingPEGylationalbumin bindingglomerular filtrationhalf-life extensionpharmacokineticsprotein therapeutics

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