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Antifolates are a class of antimetabolite medications that antagonise (that is, block) the actions of folic acid (vitamin B₉). Folic acid's primary function in the body is as a cofactor to various methyltransferases involved in serine, methionine, thymidine and purine biosynthesis. Consequently, antifolates inhibit cell division, DNA/RNA synthesis and repair and protein synthesis. Some such as proguanil, pyrimethamine and trimethoprim selectively inhibit folate's actions in microbial organisms such as bacteria, protozoa and fungi. The majority of antifolates work by inhibiting dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR).
Antibody constructs that bind human folate receptor alpha (FRα or FOLR1) and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) comprising an anti-FRα antibody construct conjugated to a drug, such as a cytotoxin or an immune modulator, and their use as therapeutics or diagnostics, for example, in the treatment or diagnosis of cancer.