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Table 1 Characteristics of different antibody high-throughput preparation techniques

From: High-throughput strategies for monoclonal antibody screening: advances and challenges

Platform

 

Throughput

Automation

Chain Pair

Affinity

Screening period

Potential improvements

Representative

Antibody Library Display

Relatively low

Low

N

Low

1–2 month

Affinity of antibodies;

Library quality

Phage Display [15]

Single B-cell sorting platform

FACS

Medium

(10, 000cell/s)

Low

Y

Relatively Lower

16–18 weeks

Low screening specificity;

Difficult to screen for ASCs

BD FACSAriaâ„¢ [89]

Microdroplet

High

(millions cell/s)

Medium

Y

High

4−6 weeks

False negatives;

Limited droplet volume

Cyto-Mine [105]

Microwell

Medium

(1–200,000/chip)

Low

Y

Medium

The technology is complex;

contamination between cells

ISAAC [117]

Micro-Chamber

Medium

(1–20, 000/chip)

Hight

Y

High

Expensive;

contamination between cells

Beacon® [125]

Single-cell sequencing

160,000cell/run

Hight

Y

High

1–2 weeks

An efficient method for analyzing sequencing data

10 × Genomic [144]