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Immunoconjugate drugs for targeted chemotherapy
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Description: a) The desirable features for each component of the immunoconjugate: targeting antibody, linker, and cytotoxic drug.

b) Common sites of attachment of drugs to the antibody constant regions are shown as orange spheres. The tumor-specific antigen binding sites are shown in green and yellow.

c) A schematic of the immunoconjugate. The acid-labile hydrazone linker is highlighted in green, but linker is stable in circulation in blood (pH 7.4); but, is cleaved in the acidic environment of the endosome following endocytosis into the tumor cell.

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