A potent alpaca-derived nanobody that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants

JB Weinstein, TA Bates, HC Leier, SK McBride… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
The spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 engages with human ACE 2 to facilitate infection.
Here, we describe an alpaca-derived heavy chain antibody fragment (VHH), saRBD-1, that …

Fast isolation of sub-nanomolar affinity alpaca nanobody against the Spike RBD of SARS-CoV-2 by combining bacterial display and a simple single-step density …

GEV Nieto, R Jara, D Watterson, N Modhiran… - 2020 - pesquisa.bvsalud.org
Despite unprecedented global efforts to rapidly develop SARS-CoV-2 treatments, in order to
reduce the burden placed on health systems, the situation remains critical. Effective …

An alpaca nanobody neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 by blocking receptor interaction

L Hanke, L Vidakovics Perez, DJ Sheward… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 enters host cells through an interaction between the spike glycoprotein and
the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor. Directly preventing this interaction …

Potent neutralization of clinical isolates of SARS-CoV-2 D614 and G614 variants by a monomeric, sub-nanomolar affinity nanobody

G Valenzuela Nieto, R Jara, D Watterson… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Despite unprecedented global efforts to rapidly develop SARS-CoV-2 treatments, in order to
reduce the burden placed on health systems, the situation remains critical. Effective …

[HTML][HTML] An ultra-potent synthetic nanobody neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 by locking Spike into an inactive conformation

M Schoof, B Faust, RA Saunders, S Sangwan, V Rezelj… - BioRxiv, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Without an effective prophylactic solution, infections from SARS-CoV-2 continue to rise
worldwide with devastating health and economic costs. SARS-CoV-2 gains entry into host …

Potent neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by hetero-bivalent alpaca nanobodies targeting the spike receptor-binding domain

H Ma, W Zeng, X Meng, X Huang, Y Yang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cellular entry of SARS-CoV-2 requires the binding between the receptor-binding domain
(RBD) of the viral Spike protein and the cellular angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) …

Nanobody cocktails potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2 D614G N501Y variant and protect mice

P Pymm, A Adair, LJ Chan… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Neutralizing antibodies are important for immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and as therapeutics
for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Here, we identified high-affinity nanobodies …

Development of multi-specific humanized llama antibodies blocking SARS-CoV-2/ACE2 interaction with high affinity and avidity

J Dong, B Huang, Z Jia, B Wang… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Coronaviruses cause severe human viral diseases including SARS, MERS and COVID-19.
Most recently SARS-CoV-2 virus (causing COVID-19) has led to a pandemic with no …

A potent neutralizing nanobody targeting a unique epitope on the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

Y Zhang, D Wang, Q Xiang, X Hu, L Wu, Z Zhang… - Virology, 2024 - Elsevier
SARS-CoV-2 and its variants continue to threaten public health. Nanobodies that block the
attachment of the RBD to host cell angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) represent …

A bispecific monomeric nanobody induces spike trimer dimers and neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 in vivo

L Hanke, H Das, DJ Sheward… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Antibodies binding to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
spike have therapeutic promise, but emerging variants show the potential for virus escape …