Tackling COVID-19 with neutralizing monoclonal antibodies

D Corti, LA Purcell, G Snell, D Veesler - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have revolutionized the treatment of several human
diseases, including cancer and autoimmunity and inflammatory conditions, and represent a …

[HTML][HTML] Novel SARS-CoV-2 variants: the pandemics within the pandemic

E Boehm, I Kronig, RA Neher, I Eckerle, P Vetter… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Many new variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) have been termed variants of concern/interest (VOC/I) because of the greater …

Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y. V2 from neutralization by convalescent plasma

S Cele, I Gazy, L Jackson, SH Hwa, H Tegally, G Lustig… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) have arisen independently at multiple locations,
and may reduce the efficacy of current vaccines that target the spike glycoprotein of SARS …

Complete map of SARS-CoV-2 RBD mutations that escape the monoclonal antibody LY-CoV555 and its cocktail with LY-CoV016

TN Starr, AJ Greaney, AS Dingens, JD Bloom - Cell Reports Medicine, 2021 - cell.com
Monoclonal antibodies and antibody cocktails are a promising therapeutic and prophylaxis
for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, ongoing evolution of severe acute …

Efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

A Pormohammad, M Zarei, S Ghorbani, M Mohammadi… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The current study systematically reviewed, summarized and meta-analyzed the clinical
features of the vaccines in clinical trials to provide a better estimate of their efficacy, side …

The impact of spike mutated variants of SARS-CoV2 [Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Lambda] on the efficacy of subunit recombinant vaccines

M Mohammadi, M Shayestehpour… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Since the first described human infection with SARS-CoV-2 in December of 2019 many
subunit protein vaccines have been proposed for use in humans. Subunit vaccines use one …

Neutralising antibody escape of SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein: risk assessment for antibody‐based Covid‐19 therapeutics and vaccines

D Focosi, F Maggi - Reviews in medical virology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Spike protein is the target of both antibody‐based therapeutics (convalescent plasma,
polyclonal serum, monoclonal antibodies) and vaccines. Mutations in Spike could affect …

[HTML][HTML] The emergence and ongoing convergent evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 N501Y lineages

DP Martin, S Weaver, H Tegally, JE San, SD Shank… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The independent emergence late in 2020 of the B. 1.1. 7, B. 1.351, and P. 1 lineages of
SARS-CoV-2 prompted renewed concerns about the evolutionary capacity of this virus to …

B. 1.526 SARS-CoV-2 variants identified in New York City are neutralized by vaccine-elicited and therapeutic monoclonal antibodies

H Zhou, BM Dcosta, MI Samanovic, MJ Mulligan… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT DNA sequence analysis recently identified the novel SARS-CoV-2 variant B.
1.526 that is spreading at an alarming rate in the New York City area. Two versions of the …

Convalescent-phase sera and vaccine-elicited antibodies largely maintain neutralizing titer against global SARS-CoV-2 variant spikes

T Tada, BM Dcosta, MI Samanovic, RS Herati… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The increasing prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) variants with spike protein mutations raises concerns that antibodies elicited by natural …