SARS-CoV-2: structure, biology, and structure-based therapeutics development

MY Wang, R Zhao, LJ Gao, XF Gao… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The pandemic of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has been posing great threats to the world in many aspects. Effective therapeutic and …

Structural characterization of SARS-CoV-2: where we are, and where we need to be

G Mariano, RJ Farthing, SLM Lale-Farjat… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly spread in
humans in almost every country, causing the disease COVID-19. Since the start of the …

mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine boosters induce neutralizing immunity against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

WF Garcia-Beltran, KJS Denis, A Hoelzemer, EC Lam… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Recent surveillance has revealed the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (BA.
1/B. 1.1. 529) harboring up to 36 mutations in spike protein, the target of neutralizing …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants escape neutralization by vaccine-induced humoral immunity

WF Garcia-Beltran, EC Lam, KS Denis, AD Nitido… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Vaccination elicits immune responses capable of potently neutralizing SARS-CoV-2.
However, ongoing surveillance has revealed the emergence of variants harboring mutations …

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 …

Potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies directed against spike N-terminal domain target a single supersite

G Cerutti, Y Guo, T Zhou, J Gorman, M Lee, M Rapp… - Cell host & …, 2021 - cell.com
Numerous antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 have been identified, and these generally
target either the receptor-binding domain (RBD) or the N-terminal domain (NTD) of the viral …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19-neutralizing antibodies predict disease severity and survival

WF Garcia-Beltran, EC Lam, MG Astudillo, D Yang… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) exhibits variable symptom severity ranging
from asymptomatic to life-threatening, yet the relationship between severity and the humoral …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular architecture of the SARS-CoV-2 virus

H Yao, Y Song, Y Chen, N Wu, J Xu, C Sun, J Zhang… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 is an enveloped virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite recent
advances in the structural elucidation of SARS-CoV-2 proteins, the detailed architecture of …

De novo design of picomolar SARS-CoV-2 miniprotein inhibitors

L Cao, I Goreshnik, B Coventry, JB Case, L Miller… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Targeting the interaction between the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) spike protein and the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) …

[HTML][HTML] Structures of human antibodies bound to SARS-CoV-2 spike reveal common epitopes and recurrent features of antibodies

CO Barnes, AP West, KE Huey-Tubman… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Neutralizing antibody responses to coronaviruses mainly target the receptor-binding domain
(RBD) of the trimeric spike. Here, we characterized polyclonal immunoglobulin Gs (IgGs) …