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Mark S. Dennis

Mark S. Dennis

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
16515
World Ranking
10094
National Ranking
4416

Overview

Mark S. Dennis is affiliated with Genentech in the United States and is active in research areas primarily focused on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research includes aspects of molecular biology, neurology, physiology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and cell biology.

The scientist has contributed to multiple topics including lysosomal storage disorders research, cellular transport and secretion, RNA interference and gene delivery, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research.

Key recent publications include:

  • Brain delivery of therapeutic proteins using an Fc fragment blood-brain barrier transport vehicle in mice and monkeys, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • A TREM2-activating antibody with a blood-brain barrier transport vehicle enhances microglial metabolism in Alzheimer's disease models, 2023, Nature Neuroscience
  • Rescue of a lysosomal storage disorder caused by Grn loss of function with a brain penetrant progranulin biologic, 2021, Cell
  • Brain delivery and activity of a lysosomal enzyme using a blood-brain barrier transport vehicle in mice, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • Target arm affinities determine preclinical efficacy and safety of anti-HER2/CD3 bispecific antibody, 2020, JCI Insight

Frequent co-authors in their research include Ryan J. Watts, Mihalis S. Kariolis, Do Jin Kim, Michelle E. Pizzo, and Timothy Earr. They have published repeatedly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science Translational Medicine, Cell, Nature Communications, and Nature Neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Site-specific conjugation of a cytotoxic drug to an antibody improves the therapeutic index

    Jagath R Junutula;Helga Raab;Suzanna Clark;Sunil Bhakta

  • Albumin Binding as a General Strategy for Improving the Pharmacokinetics of Proteins

    Mark S. Dennis;Min Zhang;Y. Gloria Meng;Miryam Kadkhodayan

  • Boosting Brain Uptake of a Therapeutic Antibody by Reducing Its Affinity for a Transcytosis Target

    Y. Joy Yu;Yin Zhang;Margaret Kenrick;Kwame Hoyte

  • High-affinity human antibodies from phage-displayed synthetic Fab libraries with a single framework scaffold.

    Chingwei V Lee;Wei-Ching Liang;Mark S Dennis;Charles Eigenbrot

  • Binding polypeptides with diversified and consensus vh/vl hypervariable sequences

    Mark S. Dennis;Wei-Ching Liang;Yan Wu

  • Platelet glycoprotein IIb-IIIa protein antagonists from snake venoms: evidence for a family of platelet-aggregation inhibitors.

    Mark S. Dennis;William J. Henzel;Robert M. Pitti;Michael T. Lipari

  • Imaging Tumors with an Albumin-Binding Fab, a Novel Tumor-Targeting Agent

    Mark S. Dennis;Hongkui Jin;Debra Dugger;Renhui Yang

  • Rubber elongation factor from Hevea brasiliensis. Identification, characterization, and role in rubber biosynthesis.

    M S Dennis;D R Light

  • Solution structure of kistrin, a potent platelet aggregation inhibitor and GP IIb-IIIa antagonist

    Marc Adler;Robert A. Lazarus;Mark S. Dennis;Gerhard Wagner

  • Therapeutic bispecific antibodies cross the blood-brain barrier in nonhuman primates

    Y. Joy Yu;Jasvinder K. Atwal;Yin Zhang;Raymond K. Tong

  • Transferrin receptor (TfR) trafficking determines brain uptake of TfR antibody affinity variants

    Nga Bien-Ly;Y. Joy Yu;Daniela Bumbaca;Justin Elstrott

  • Therapeutic potential of an anti-CD79b antibody–drug conjugate, anti–CD79b-vc-MMAE, for the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

    David Dornan;Fiona Bennett;Yvonne Chen;Mark Dennis

  • Peptide exosite inhibitors of factor VIIa as anticoagulants

    Mark S. Dennis;Charles Eigenbrot;Nicholas J. Skelton;Mark H. Ultsch

  • Methods and compositions for prolonging elimination half-times of bioactive compounds

    Warren L. Delano;Mark S. Dennis;Henry B. Lowman

  • Monovalent antibody design and mechanism of action of onartuzumab, a MET antagonist with anti-tumor activity as a therapeutic agent

    Mark Merchant;Xiaolei Ma;Henry R. Maun;Zhong Zheng

  • Effector-attenuating Substitutions That Maintain Antibody Stability and Reduce Toxicity in Mice.

    Megan Lo;Hok Seon Kim;Raymond K. Tong;Travis W. Bainbridge

  • Serum albumin binding peptides for tumor targeting

    Mark S. Dennis;Henry B. Lowman;Warren L. Delano

  • Anti-CD20/CD3 T cell–dependent bispecific antibody for the treatment of B cell malignancies

    Liping L. Sun;Diego Ellerman;Mary Mathieu;Maria Hristopoulos

  • Discovery of Novel Blood-Brain Barrier Targets to Enhance Brain Uptake of Therapeutic Antibodies

    Y. Joy Yu Zuchero;Xiaocheng Chen;Nga Bien-Ly;Daniela Bumbaca

  • Addressing Safety Liabilities of TfR Bispecific Antibodies That Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier

    Jessica A. Couch;Y. Joy Yu;Yin Zhang;Jacqueline M. Tarrant

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Polakis
Paul Polakis Genentech
Ryan J. Watts
Ryan J. Watts Denali Therapeutics (United States)
Andrew T. Chan
Andrew T. Chan Harvard University
Germaine Fuh
Germaine Fuh Genentech

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