Collecting and evaluating convalescent plasma for COVID‐19 treatment: why and how?

P Tiberghien, X de Lamballerie, P Morel… - Vox …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plasma provided by COVID‐19 convalescent patients may provide therapeutic relief as the
number of COVID‐19 cases escalates steeply worldwide. Prior findings in various viral …

Serological cross-reactivity among common flaviviruses

KR Chan, AA Ismail, G Thergarajan, CS Raju… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Flavivirus genus is made up of viruses that are either mosquito-borne or tick-borne and
other viruses transmitted by unknown vectors. Flaviviruses present a significant threat to …

Association of COVID-19 inflammation with activation of the C5a–C5aR1 axis

J Carvelli, O Demaria, F Vély, L Batista… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by infection with severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and has resulted in a pandemic …

Lower prevalence of antibodies neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 in group O French blood donors

P Gallian, B Pastorino, P Morel, J Chiaroni, L Ninove… - Antiviral research, 2020 - Elsevier
We investigated the distribution of antibodies neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 according to age,
sex or blood group in French blood donors. In 464 samples collected before the emergence …

Heat inactivation of different types of SARS-CoV-2 samples: what protocols for biosafety, molecular detection and serological diagnostics?

B Pastorino, F Touret, M Gilles, X de Lamballerie… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Standard precautions to minimize the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission implies that infected
cell cultures and clinical specimens may undergo some sort of inactivation to reduce or …

The immune system as a target for therapy of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review of the current immunotherapies for COVID-19

AH Mansourabadi, M Sadeghalvad… - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Aims The immune response is essential for the control and resolution of viral infections.
Following the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), several immunotherapies …

Screening for SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies in convalescent plasma in Brazil: Preliminary lessons from a voluntary convalescent donor program

S Wendel, JM Kutner, R Machado… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) convalescent plasma (CCP)
collection began in two Brazilian hospitals for treatment of severe/critical patients. Methods …

Isolation of a panel of ultra-potent human antibodies neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 and viral variants of concern

AA Gorchakov, SV Kulemzin, SV Guselnikov… - Cell Discovery, 2021 - nature.com
In the absence of virus-targeting small-molecule drugs approved for the treatment and
prevention of COVID-19, broadening the repertoire of potent SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing …

Correlation between SARS‐COV‐2 antibody screening by immunoassay and neutralizing antibody testing

A Mendrone‐Junior, CL Dinardo, SC Ferreira… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The efficacy of convalescent plasma (CP), an alternative for the treatment of
COVID‐19, depends on high titers of neutralizing antibodies (nAbs), but assays for …

Salivary, serological, and cellular immune response to the CoronaVac vaccine in health care workers with or without previous COVID-19

MM Ortega, LT da Silva, ÉD Candido, Y Zheng… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
We investigated the anti-SARS-CoV-2 post-vaccine response through serum and salivary
antibodies, serum antibody neutralizing activity and cellular immune response in samples …