Molecular dissection of cobra venom highlights heparinoids as an antidote for spitting cobra envenoming

TY Du, SR Hall, F Chung, S Kurdyukov… - Science Translational …, 2024 - science.org
Snakebites affect about 1.8 million people annually. The current standard of care involves
antibody-based antivenoms, which can be difficult to access and are generally not effective …

Arenaviruses: Old viruses present new solutions for cancer therapy

P Stachura, O Stencel, Z Lu, A Borkhardt… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Viral-based cancer therapies have tremendous potential, especially in the context of treating
poorly infiltrated cold tumors. However, in tumors with intact anti-viral interferon (IFN) …

[HTML][HTML] The role of glycosylation patterns of viral glycoproteins and cell entry receptors in arenavirus infection.

M Gorzkiewicz, J Cramer, HC Xu, PA Lang - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mammarenaviruses are enveloped RNA viruses that can be associated with rodent-
transmitted diseases in humans. Their virions are composed of a nucleocapsid surrounded …

CD164 is a host factor for lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus entry

MJG Bakkers, A Moon-Walker… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a rodent-borne zoonotic arenavirus that
causes congenital abnormalities and can be fatal for transplant recipients. Using a genome …

The downstream bioprocess toolbox for therapeutic viral vectors

R Kilgore, A Minzoni, S Shastry, W Smith… - … of Chromatography A, 2023 - Elsevier
Viral vectors are poised to acquire a prominent position in modern medicine and
biotechnology owing to their role as delivery agents for gene therapies, oncolytic agents …

Structural basis for antibody-mediated neutralization of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

A Moon-Walker, Z Zhang, DS Zyla, TK Buck, H Li… - Cell chemical …, 2023 - cell.com
The mammarenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a globally distributed
zoonotic pathogen that can be lethal in immunocompromised patients and can cause severe …

Genome-wide knockout screen identifies human sialomucin CD164 as an essential entry factor for lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

J Liu, KA Knopp, E Rackaityte, CY Wang, MT Laurie… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a well-studied mammarenavirus that can be
fatal in congenital infections. However, our understanding of LCMV and its interactions with …

Peptide ligands targeting the vesicular stomatitis virus G (VSV‐G) protein for the affinity purification of lentivirus particles

E Barbieri, GN Mollica, BD Moore… - Biotechnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The recent uptick in the approval of ex vivo cell therapies highlights the relevance of
lentivirus (LV) as an enabling viral vector of modern medicine. As labile biologics, however …

Whole genome CRISPR screening strategy to identify genes contributing to SARS‐CoV‐2 spike and VSV‐G mediated entry

MS Hossain, JG Kerkvliet… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the cellular host factors that promote and inhibit viral entry is important for
identifying viral countermeasures. CRISPR whole‐genome screens can be used to rapidly …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic efficacy of a VSV-GP-based human papilloma virus vaccine in a murine cancer model

L Riepler, LS Frommelt, S Wilmschen-Tober… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Human papilloma virus (HPV) infections are associated with almost all cervical cancers and
to a lower extend also with anogenital or oropharyngeal cancers. HPV proteins expressed in …