Antibodies targeting the glycan cap of Ebola virus glycoprotein are potent inducers of the complement

PA Ilinykh, K Huang, BM Gunn, NA Kuzmina… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Antibodies to Ebola virus glycoprotein (EBOV GP) represent an important correlate of the
vaccine efficiency and infection survival. Both neutralization and some of the Fc-mediated …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time cell analysis: a high-throughput approach for testing SARS-CoV-2 antibody neutralization and escape

N Suryadevara, P Gilchuk, SJ Zost, N Mittal, LL Zhao… - STAR protocols, 2022 - Elsevier
Real-time cell analysis (RTCA) enables high-throughput, quantitative kinetic measurements
of cytopathic effect (CPE) in virus-infected cells. Here, we detail a RTCA approach for …

Synergistic protection against secondary pneumococcal infection by human monoclonal antibodies targeting distinct epitopes

AD Gingerich, F Royer, AL McCormick… - The Journal of …, 2023 - journals.aai.org
Streptococcus pneumoniae persists as a leading cause of bacterial pneumonia despite the
widespread use of polysaccharide-based vaccines. The limited serotype coverage of current …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution and determinants of neutralization of potent head-binding antibodies against Ebola virus

X Yu, KM Hastie, CW Davis, RD Avalos, D Williams… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Monoclonal antibodies against the Ebola virus (EBOV) surface glycoprotein are effective
treatments for EBOV disease. Antibodies targeting the EBOV glycoprotein (GP) head epitope …

Discovery of potent ebola entry inhibitors with (3S, 4aS, 8aS)-2-(3-amino-2-hydroxypropyl) decahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxamide scaffold

S Han, H Li, W Chen, L Yang, X Tong, J Zuo… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ebola virus (EBOV), one member of the family Filoviridae, can causes hemorrhagic fever
and other severe diseases in humans with a high mortality rate (25–90%). Until recently …

Development and structural analysis of antibody therapeutics for filoviruses

X Yu, EO Saphire - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
The filoviruses, including ebolaviruses and marburgviruses, are among the world's deadliest
pathogens. As the only surface-exposed protein on mature virions, their glycoprotein GP is …

An update on nonhuman primate usage for drug and vaccine evaluation against filoviruses

MA de La Vega, A Xiii, CS Massey… - Expert Opinion on …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Due to their faithful recapitulation of human disease, nonhumanprimates
(NHPs) are considered the gold standard for evaluating drugs against Ebolavirus and other …

New Technologies in Therapeutic Antibody Development: The Next Frontier for Treating Infectious Diseases

SM Keating, BW Higgins - Antiviral Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Adaptive immunity to viral infections requires time to neutralize and clear viruses to resolve
infection. Fast growing and pathogenic viruses are quickly established, are highly …

[HTML][HTML] Non-Ebola Filoviruses: Potential Threats to Global Health Security

Y Munyeku-Bazitama, F Edidi-Atani, A Takada - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Filoviruses are negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses often associated with severe
and highly lethal hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates, with case fatality …

Structural biology illuminates molecular determinants of broad ebolavirus neutralization by human antibodies for pan-ebolavirus therapeutic development

CD Murin, P Gilchuk, JE Crowe Jr, AB Ward - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have proven effective for the treatment of ebolavirus infection
in humans, with two mAb-based drugs Inmazeb™ and Ebanga™ receiving FDA approval in …