Beyond neutralization: Fc-dependent antibody effector functions in SARS-CoV-2 infection

A Zhang, HD Stacey, MR D'Agostino, Y Tugg… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Neutralizing antibodies are known to have a crucial role in protecting against SARS-CoV-2
infection and have been suggested to be a useful correlate of protection for vaccine clinical …

[PDF][PDF] Decay of Fc-dependent antibody functions after mild to moderate COVID-19

WS Lee, KJ Selva, SK Davis, BD Wines, A Reynaldi… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
The capacity of antibodies to engage with immune cells via the Fc region is important in
preventing and controlling many infectious diseases. The evolution of such antibodies …

[PDF][PDF] Human neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 require intact Fc effector functions for optimal therapeutic protection

ES Winkler, P Gilchuk, J Yu, AL Bailey, RE Chen… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 has caused the global COVID-19 pandemic. Although passively delivered
neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 show promise in clinical trials, their mechanism …

Fc-γR-dependent antibody effector functions are required for vaccine-mediated protection against antigen-shifted variants of SARS-CoV-2

SR Mackin, P Desai, BM Whitener, CE Karl, M Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants with
antigenic changes in the spike protein are neutralized less efficiently by serum antibodies …

[PDF][PDF] A Fc-enhanced NTD-binding non-neutralizing antibody delays virus spread and synergizes with a nAb to protect mice from lethal SARS-CoV-2 infection

G Beaudoin-Bussières, Y Chen, I Ullah, J Prévost… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Emerging evidence indicates that both neutralizing and Fc-mediated effector functions of
antibodies contribute to protection against SARS-CoV-2. It is unclear whether Fc-effector …

Dissecting antibody-mediated protection against SARS-CoV-2

T Zohar, G Alter - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding the properties and mechanisms by which antibodies provide protection is
essential to defining immunity. Although neutralizing antibodies have been proposed as a …

COVID-19 severity is associated with differential antibody Fc-mediated innate immune functions

OS Adeniji, LB Giron, M Purwar, NF Zilberstein… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Beyond neutralization, antibodies binding to their Fc receptors elicit several innate immune
functions including antibody-dependent complement deposition (ADCD), antibody …

Waning and boosting of antibody Fc-effector functions upon SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

X Tong, RP McNamara, MJ Avendaño… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, vaccines targeting COVID-19 have been developed
with unprecedented speed and efficiency. CoronaVac, utilising an inactivated form of the …

The functions of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing and infection-enhancing antibodies in vitro and in mice and nonhuman primates

D Li, RJ Edwards, K Manne, DR Martinez, A Schäfer… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Summary SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) protect against COVID-19, making
them a focus of vaccine design. A safety concern regarding SARS-CoV-2 antibodies is …

Antibody potency, effector function, and combinations in protection and therapy for SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo

A Schäfer, F Muecksch, JCC Lorenzi, SR Leist… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - rupress.org
SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, has been responsible for over 42 million
infections and 1 million deaths since its emergence in December 2019. There are few …