Sepsis–it is all about the platelets

D Cox - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Sepsis is accompanied by thrombocytopenia and the severity of the thrombocytopenia is
associated with mortality. This thrombocytopenia is characteristic of disseminated …

The role of macrophages-mediated communications among cell compositions of tumor microenvironment in cancer progression

M Li, P Jiang, S Wei, J Wang, C Li - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Recent studies have revealed that tumor-associated macrophages are the most abundant
stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment and play an important role in tumor initiation …

Species-specific immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a vesicular stomatitis virus-based Sudan virus vaccine: a challenge study in macaques

A Marzi, P Fletcher, F Feldmann, G Saturday… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The recent Sudan virus (SUDV) outbreak in Uganda highlights the
need for rapid response capabilities, including development of vaccines against emerging …

Oral administration of obeldesivir protects nonhuman primates against Sudan ebolavirus

RW Cross, C Woolsey, VC Chu, D Babusis… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Obeldesivir (ODV, GS-5245) is an orally administered prodrug of the parent nucleoside of
remdesivir (RDV) and is presently in phase 3 trials for COVID-19 treatment. In this work, we …

Filoviruses: scientific gaps and prototype pathogen recommendation

LC Dupuy, CF Spiropoulou, JS Towner… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Viruses in the family Filoviridae, including the commonly known Ebola (EBOV) and Marburg
(MARV) viruses, can cause severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates …

Monoclonal antibody therapy demonstrates increased virulence of a lineage VII strain of Lassa virus in nonhuman primates

C Woolsey, RW Cross, AN Prasad… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Lassa virus (LASV) is a World Health Organization (WHO) priority pathogen that causes high
morbidity and mortality. Recently, we showed that a combination of three broadly …

A highly attenuated panfilovirus VesiculoVax vaccine rapidly protects nonhuman primates against Marburg virus and 3 species of Ebola virus

C Woolsey, V Borisevich, KN Agans… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The family Filoviridae consists of several virus members known to
cause significant mortality and disease in humans. Among these, Ebola virus (EBOV) …

Approaches to demonstrating the effectiveness of filovirus vaccines: Lessons from Ebola and COVID-19

MF Gruber, S Rubin, PR Krause - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV), Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV) and Marburg virus (MARV), are
members of the Filoviridae family that can cause severe disease and death in humans and …

Thermostable bivalent filovirus vaccine protects against severe and lethal Sudan ebolavirus and marburgvirus infection

A To, TAS Wong, AH Ball, MM Lieberman… - Vaccine, 2024 - Elsevier
Although two vaccines for Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV) have been licensed and deployed
successfully to combat recurring outbreaks of Ebolavirus Disease in West Africa, there are …

Nonhuman primates are protected against marburg virus disease by vaccination with a vesicular stomatitis virus vector-based vaccine prepared under conditions to …

CL Cooper, G Morrow, M Yuan, JW Coleman, F Hou… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vaccines are needed to disrupt or prevent continued outbreaks of filoviruses in humans
across Western and Central Africa, including outbreaks of Marburg virus (MARV). As part of …