Engineered ACE2 decoy mitigates lung injury and death induced by SARS-CoV-2 variants

L Zhang, S Dutta, S Xiong, M Chan, KK Chan… - Nature chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Vaccine hesitancy and emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOCs) escaping vaccine-induced immune responses …

An ACE2 Triple Decoy that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 shows enhanced affinity for virus variants

S Tanaka, G Nelson, CA Olson, O Buzko… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The SARS-CoV-2 variants replacing the first wave strain pose an increased threat by their
potential ability to escape pre-existing humoral protection. An angiotensin converting …

Engineered ACE2-Fc counters murine lethal SARS-CoV-2 infection through direct neutralization and Fc-effector activities

Y Chen, L Sun, I Ullah, G Beaudoin-Bussières… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) constitutes an attractive antiviral capable
of targeting a wide range of coronaviruses using ACE2 as their receptor. Using structure …

An ACE2 decoy can be administered by inhalation and potently targets omicron variants of SARS‐CoV‐2

L Zhang, KK Narayanan, L Cooper… - EMBO Molecular …, 2022 - embopress.org
Monoclonal antibodies targeting the SARS‐CoV‐2 spike (S) neutralize infection and are
efficacious for the treatment of COVID‐19. However, SARS‐CoV‐2 variants, notably …

Optimized ACE2 decoys neutralize antibody-resistant SARS-CoV-2 variants through functional receptor mimicry and treat infection in vivo

JA Torchia, AH Tavares, LS Carstensen, DY Chen… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
As severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) evolves to escape
natural antibodies, it also loses sensitivity to therapeutic antibody drugs. By contrast …

An IgM-like inhalable ACE2 fusion protein broadly neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants

J Liu, F Mao, J Chen, S Lu, Y Qi, Y Sun, L Fang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Many of the currently available COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics are not effective
against newly emerged SARS-CoV-2 variants. Here, we developed the metallo-enzyme …

Characterization of a novel ACE2-based therapeutic with enhanced rather than reduced activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants

M Ferrari, L Mekkaoui, FT Ilca, Z Akbar… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 acts as the host cell receptor for SARS-CoV-2
and the other members of the Coronaviridae family SARS-CoV-1 and HCoV-NL63. Here, we …

Engineered trimeric ACE2 binds viral spike protein and locks it in “Three-up” conformation to potently inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection

L Guo, W Bi, X Wang, W Xu, R Yan, Y Zhang, K Zhao… - Cell Research, 2021 - nature.com
Dear Editor, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in a severe global pandemic. Following …

Structure-guided glyco-engineering of ACE2 for improved potency as soluble SARS-CoV-2 decoy receptor

T Capraz, NF Kienzl, E Laurent, JW Perthold… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Infection and viral entry of SARS-CoV-2 crucially depends on the binding of its Spike protein
to angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) presented on host cells. Glycosylation of both …

ACE2-targeting monoclonal antibody as potent and broad-spectrum coronavirus blocker

Y Chen, YN Zhang, R Yan, G Wang, Y Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
The evolution of coronaviruses, such as SARS-CoV-2, makes broad-spectrum coronavirus
preventional or therapeutical strategies highly sought after. Here we report a human …