[HTML][HTML] DNA vaccines against COVID-19: Perspectives and challenges

MM Silveira, GMSG Moreira, M Mendonça - Life sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a novel coronavirus known
as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is associated …

[HTML][HTML] Exploitation of glycosylation in enveloped virus pathobiology

Y Watanabe, TA Bowden, IA Wilson… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Glycosylation is a ubiquitous post-translational modification responsible for a multitude of
crucial biological roles. As obligate parasites, viruses exploit host-cell machinery to …

Cross-neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by a human monoclonal SARS-CoV antibody

D Pinto, YJ Park, M Beltramello, AC Walls, MA Tortorici… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a newly emerged
coronavirus that is responsible for the current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 …

[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) …

Emerging COVID-19 coronavirus: glycan shield and structure prediction of spike glycoprotein and its interaction with human CD26

N Vankadari, JA Wilce - Emerging microbes & infections, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The recent outbreak of pneumonia-causing COVID-19 in China is an urgent global public
health issue with an increase in mortality and morbidity. Here we report our modelled homo …

Structural insights into coronavirus entry

MA Tortorici, D Veesler - Advances in virus research, 2019 - Elsevier
Coronaviruses (CoVs) have caused outbreaks of deadly pneumonia in humans since the
beginning of the 21st century. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS …

Structural basis for human coronavirus attachment to sialic acid receptors

MA Tortorici, AC Walls, Y Lang, C Wang, Z Li… - Nature structural & …, 2019 - nature.com
Coronaviruses cause respiratory tract infections in humans and outbreaks of deadly
pneumonia worldwide. Infections are initiated by the transmembrane spike (S) glycoprotein …

Cryo-EM structure of the SARS coronavirus spike glycoprotein in complex with its host cell receptor ACE2

W Song, M Gui, X Wang, Y Xiang - PLoS pathogens, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The trimeric SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) surface spike (S) glycoprotein consisting of
three S1-S2 heterodimers binds the cellular receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Unexpected receptor functional mimicry elucidates activation of coronavirus fusion

AC Walls, X Xiong, YJ Park, MA Tortorici, J Snijder… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Recent outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory
syndrome, along with the threat of a future coronavirus-mediated pandemic, underscore the …

Stabilized coronavirus spikes are resistant to conformational changes induced by receptor recognition or proteolysis

RN Kirchdoerfer, N Wang, J Pallesen, D Wrapp… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) emerged in 2002 as a highly
transmissible pathogenic human betacoronavirus. The viral spike glycoprotein (S) utilizes …