The protective potential of Fc‐mediated antibody functions against influenza virus and other viral pathogens

HA Vanderven, SJ Kent - Immunology and cell biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in utilizing antibody fragment
crystallizable (Fc) functions to prevent and control viral infections. The protective and …

Immune responses in influenza A virus and human coronavirus infections: an ongoing battle between the virus and host

J Zheng, S Perlman - Current opinion in virology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Host immune responses play both protective and pathogenic roles in IAV and
CoV infections.•Synergy of adaptive and innate immunity is required for efficient control of …

Neuraminidase inhibition contributes to influenza A virus neutralization by anti-hemagglutinin stem antibodies

I Kosik, D Angeletti, JS Gibbs, M Angel… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - rupress.org
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (Abs) that bind the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) stem
may enable universal influenza vaccination. Here, we show that anti-stem Abs sterically …

Development of influenza B universal vaccine candidates using the “mosaic” hemagglutinin approach

W Sun, E Kirkpatrick, M Ermler, R Nachbagauer… - Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Influenza B viruses cause seasonal epidemics and are a considerable burden to public
health. However, protection by current seasonal vaccines is suboptimal due to the antigenic …

[HTML][HTML] Next generation of computationally optimized broadly reactive HA vaccines elicited cross-reactive immune responses and provided protection against H1N1 …

Y Huang, MS França, JD Allen, H Shi, TM Ross - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vaccination is the best way to prevent influenza virus infections, but the diversity of
antigenically distinct isolates is a persistent challenge for vaccine development. In order to …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of a highly conserved neutralizing epitope within the RBD region of diverse SARS-CoV-2 variants

Y Wang, A Yan, D Song, M Duan, C Dong… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The constant emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants continues to impair the efficacy of existing
neutralizing antibodies, especially XBB. 1.5 and EG. 5, which showed exceptional immune …

[HTML][HTML] A Fc engineering approach to define functional humoral correlates of immunity against Ebola virus

BM Gunn, R Lu, MD Slein, PA Ilinykh, K Huang… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Protective Ebola virus (EBOV) antibodies have neutralizing activity and induction of antibody
constant domain (Fc)-mediated innate immune effector functions. Efforts to enhance Fc …

[HTML][HTML] Combined anti-S1 and anti-S2 antibodies from hybrid immunity elicit potent cross-variant ADCC against SARS-CoV-2

MD Grant, K Bentley, CA Fielding, KM Hatfield… - JCI insight, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Antibodies capable of neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 are well studied, but Fc receptor–
dependent antibody activities that can also significantly impact the course of infection have …

[HTML][HTML] Adenoviral vectors as vaccines for emerging avian influenza viruses

LJ Kerstetter, S Buckley, CM Bliss… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
It is evident that the emergence of infectious diseases, which have the potential for spillover
from animal reservoirs, pose an ongoing threat to global health. Zoonotic transmission …

[HTML][HTML] HER2-displaying M13 bacteriophages induce therapeutic immunity against breast cancer

J Wang, A Lamolinara, L Conti, M Giangrossi, L Cui… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The high incidence and death rates of breast cancer make the
development of new therapies an urgent need. The introduction into the clinic of the anti …