defucosylated

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defucosylated (not comparable)

Having undergone defucosylation.
- 2015 July 23, “Glycoengineered Monoclonal Antibodies with Homogeneous Glycan (M3, G0, G2, and A2) Using a Chemoenzymatic Approach Have Different Affinities for FcγRIIIa and Variable Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity Activities”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:
  It was previously reported that the lack of the core fucose from Fc N-glycans significantly enhances ADCC activity compared to defucosylated and conventional mAbs, and we observed this phenomenon for both SKBR-3 and BT-474 cells, excluding aglycosylated mAbs (mAb-PNGF).