Computer-Aided Antibody Design: An Overview

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017:1053:221-243. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-72077-7_11.

Abstract

The use of monoclonal antibody as the next generation protein therapeutics with remarkable success has surged the development of antibody engineering to design molecules for optimizing affinity, better efficacy, greater safety and therapeutic function. Therefore, computational methods have become increasingly important to generate hypotheses, interpret and guide experimental works. In this chapter, we discussed the overall antibody design by computational approches.

Keywords: Antibody design; Computational tools; Docking; In silico; Modelling; ab initio.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / adverse effects
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / chemistry
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
  • Antibody Specificity
  • Binding Sites, Antibody
  • Computer-Aided Design*
  • Drug Design*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Conformation
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal