Advances in COVID-19 mRNA vaccine development

E Fang, X Liu, M Li, Z Zhang, L Song, B Zhu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
To date, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has determined 399,600,607 cases and 5,757,562 …

Tackling COVID-19 with neutralizing monoclonal antibodies

D Corti, LA Purcell, G Snell, D Veesler - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have revolutionized the treatment of several human
diseases, including cancer and autoimmunity and inflammatory conditions, and represent a …

Structural basis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron immune evasion and receptor engagement

M McCallum, N Czudnochowski, LE Rosen, SK Zepeda… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of
concern evades antibody-mediated immunity that comes from vaccination or infection with …

Broadly neutralizing antibodies target the coronavirus fusion peptide

C Dacon, C Tucker, L Peng, CCD Lee, TH Lin, M Yuan… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The potential for future coronavirus outbreaks highlights the need to broadly target this
group of pathogens. We used an epitope-agnostic approach to identify six monoclonal …

Broad betacoronavirus neutralization by a stem helix–specific human antibody

D Pinto, MM Sauer, N Czudnochowski, JS Low… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The spillovers of betacoronaviruses in humans and the emergence of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants highlight the need for broad …

SARS-CoV-2 immune evasion by the B. 1.427/B. 1.429 variant of concern

M McCallum, J Bassi, A De Marco, A Chen, AC Walls… - Science, 2021 - science.org
A novel variant of concern (VOC) named CAL. 20C (B. 1.427/B. 1.429), which was originally
detected in California, carries spike glycoprotein mutations S13I in the signal peptide …

Antibodies to combat viral infections: development strategies and progress

G Pantaleo, B Correia, C Fenwick, VS Joo… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are appealing as potential therapeutics and prophylactics for
viral infections owing to characteristics such as their high specificity and their ability to …

SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody structures inform therapeutic strategies

CO Barnes, CA Jette, ME Abernathy, KMA Dam… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presents an urgent health
crisis. Human neutralizing antibodies that target the host ACE2 receptor-binding domain …

Mapping neutralizing and immunodominant sites on the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain by structure-guided high-resolution serology

L Piccoli, YJ Park, MA Tortorici, N Czudnochowski… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Analysis of the specificity and kinetics of neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) elicited by SARS-
CoV-2 infection is crucial for understanding immune protection and identifying targets for …

Receptor binding and priming of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 for membrane fusion

DJ Benton, AG Wrobel, P Xu, C Roustan, SR Martin… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is initiated by
virus binding to the ACE2 cell-surface receptors,,–, followed by fusion of the virus and cell …