[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic strategies for COVID-19: progress and lessons learned

G Li, R Hilgenfeld, R Whitley, E De Clercq - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has stimulated tremendous
efforts to develop therapeutic strategies that target severe acute respiratory syndrome …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 variant evasion of monoclonal antibodies based on in vitro studies

MG Cox, TP Peacock, WT Harvey, J Hughes… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) offer a treatment option for individuals with severe COVID-19
and are especially important in high-risk individuals where vaccination is not an option …

[HTML][HTML] Receptor binding and complex structures of human ACE2 to spike RBD from omicron and delta SARS-CoV-2

P Han, L Li, S Liu, Q Wang, D Zhang, Z Xu, P Han, X Li… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues worldwide with
many variants arising, some of which are variants of concern (VOCs). A recent VOC, omicron …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and functional characterizations of infectivity and immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

Z Cui, P Liu, N Wang, L Wang, K Fan, Q Zhu, K Wang… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Summary The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant with increased fitness is spreading rapidly
worldwide. Analysis of cryo-EM structures of the spike (S) from Omicron reveals amino acid …

Structural basis for potent antibody neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variants including B. 1.1. 529

T Zhou, L Wang, J Misasi, A Pegu, Y Zhang, DR Harris… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The rapid spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) B.
1.1. 529 (Omicron) variant and its resistance to neutralization by vaccinee and convalescent …

Antibody-mediated neutralization of SARS-CoV-2

H Gruell, K Vanshylla, T Weber, CO Barnes, C Kreer… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Neutralizing antibodies can block infection, clear pathogens, and are essential to provide
long-term immunity. Since the onset of the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and antigenic variations in the spike protein of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

A Mittal, A Khattri, V Verma - PLoS Pathogens, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus is continuously
evolving, and this poses a major threat to antibody therapies and currently authorized …

Stopping pandemics before they start: Lessons learned from SARS-CoV-2

AM Edwards, RS Baric, EO Saphire, JB Ulmer - Science, 2022 - science.org
The vaccine and drug discovery responses to COVID-19 have worked far better than could
have been imagined. Yet by the end of 2021, more than 5 million people had died, and the …

[HTML][HTML] A multitope SARS-CoV-2 vaccine provides long-lasting B cell and T cell immunity against Delta and Omicron variants

CY Wang, KP Hwang, HK Kuo… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Background The Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 are currently responsible for
breakthrough infections due to waning immunity. We report phase I/II trial results of UB-612 …

[HTML][HTML] Antiviral drug discovery for the treatment of COVID-19 infections

TI Ng, I Correia, J Seagal, DA DeGoey, MR Schrimpf… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is caused by the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a recently emerged human coronavirus …