Human antibodies from combinatorial libraries

DR Burton, CF Barbas III - Advances in Immunology, 1994 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Combinatorial antibodies will play a significant role in the design of
vaccines and new antiviral agents. Antibodies may also provide a way of determining …

Investigation of CMV disease in immunocompromised patients

VC Emery - Journal of clinical pathology, 2001 - jcp.bmj.com
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a recognised cause of morbidity and mortality in
immunocompromised individuals. This review will concentrate on recent advances in the …

Crystal structure of glycoprotein B from herpes simplex virus 1

EE Heldwein, H Lou, FC Bender, GH Cohen… - Science, 2006 - science.org
Glycoprotein B (gB) is the most conserved component of the complex cell-entry machinery of
herpes viruses. A crystal structure of the gB ectodomain from herpes simplex virus type 1 …

Isolation of human monoclonal antibodies that potently neutralize human cytomegalovirus infection by targeting different epitopes on the gH/gL/UL128-131A complex

A Macagno, NL Bernasconi, F Vanzetta… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a widely circulating pathogen that causes severe
disease in immunocompromised patients and infected fetuses. By immortalizing memory B …

Prefusion structure of human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B and structural basis for membrane fusion

Y Liu, KP Heim, Y Che, X Chi, X Qiu, S Han… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) causes congenital disease with long-term morbidity.
HCMV glycoprotein B (gB) transitions irreversibly from a metastable prefusion to a stable …

Identification and characterization of immunoglobulin G in blood as a major inhibitor of diagnostic PCR

WA Al-Soud, LJ Jönsson… - Journal of clinical …, 2000 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A major inhibitor of diagnostic PCR in human plasma was identified and the
mechanism of inhibition was characterized. Human blood was divided by centrifugation into …

Crystal structure of the human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B

HG Burke, EE Heldwein - PLoS pathogens, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a dsDNA, enveloped virus, is a ubiquitous pathogen that
establishes lifelong latent infections and caused disease in persons with compromised …

A novel strategy for generating monoclonal antibodies from single, isolated lymphocytes producing antibodies of defined specificities.

JS Babcook, KB Leslie, OA Olsen… - Proceedings of the …, 1996 - National Acad Sciences
We report a novel approach to the generation of monoclonal antibodies based on the
molecular cloning and expression of immunoglobulin variable region cDNAs generated from …

Protection from cytomegalovirus viremia following glycoprotein B vaccination is not dependent on neutralizing antibodies

I Baraniak, B Kropff, L Ambrose… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is an important pathogen in transplant patients and in
congenital infection. Previously, we demonstrated that vaccination with a recombinant viral …

B cell repertoire analysis identifies new antigenic domains on glycoprotein B of human cytomegalovirus which are target of neutralizing antibodies

S Pötzsch, N Spindler, AK Wiegers, T Fisch… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a herpesvirus, is a ubiquitously distributed pathogen that
causes severe disease in immunosuppressed patients and infected newborns. Efforts are …