Advancing Therapeutic IgE – Collaborative Discovery of MOv18's Mechanism in Ovarian Cancer
Summary: Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological malignancy, with limited treatment options and a profoundly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). Tumor-associated macrophages
(TAMs) are abundant in ovarian tumors and ascites, where they play a major role in suppressing
anti-tumor T cell responses.
In this collaborative study with King’s College London, researchers explored a first-in-class IgE
monoclonal antibody (mAb), MOv18 IgE, targeting Folate Receptor- (FR), and investigated how it
reshapes macrophage behavior and T cell interactions, using Seromyx's profiling tools to uncover
previously uncharacterized Fc effector mechanisms.