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] A structural view of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its assembly

NJ Hardenbrook, P Zhang - Current opinion in virology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Structural biology plays a vital role in SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and treatment.•High-
resolution structures of SARS-CoV-2 proteins and complexes have been obtained.•In situ …

Multivalent designed proteins neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and confer protection against infection in mice

AC Hunt, JB Case, YJ Park, L Cao, K Wu… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
New variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continue to
arise and prolong the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Here, we used a …

Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants: implications on immune escape, vaccination, therapeutic and diagnostic strategies

NZ Zabidi, HL Liew, IA Farouk, A Puniyamurti, AJW Yip… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 is associated with a lower fatality rate
than its SARS and MERS counterparts. However, the rapid evolution of SARS-CoV-2 has …

An antibody that neutralizes SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 by binding to a conserved spike epitope outside the receptor binding motif

Y Fang, P Sun, X Xie, M Du, F Du, J Ye… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The rapid evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
such as the Omicron variants that are highly transmissible and immune evasive …

Distinct patterns of SARS-CoV-2 BA. 2.87. 1 and JN. 1 variants in immune evasion, antigenicity, and cell-cell fusion

P Li, Y Liu, JN Faraone, CC Hsu, M Chamblee… - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
The rapid evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants presents a constant challenge to the global
vaccination effort. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive investigation into two newly …

SARS‐CoV‐2 variants preferentially emerge at intrinsically disordered protein sites helping immune evasion

F Quaglia, E Salladini, M Carraro, G Minervini… - The FEBS …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic is maintained by the emergence of successive variants,
highlighting the flexibility of the protein sequences of the virus. We show that experimentally …

A broadly reactive antibody targeting the N-terminal domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike confers Fc-mediated protection

LJ Adams, LA VanBlargan, Z Liu, P Gilchuk, H Zhao… - Cell Reports …, 2023 - cell.com
Most neutralizing anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) target the receptor
binding domain (RBD) of the spike (S) protein. Here, we characterize a panel of mAbs …

Cryptic-site-specific antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain can retain functional binding affinity to spike variants

K Li, RHC Huntwork, GQ Horn, M Abraha… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has accumulated more than
700 million infection cases and 6.9 million deaths. New variants have affected antibody …

A High-Avidity, Thermostable, and Low-Cost Synthetic Capture for Ultrasensitive Detection and Quantification of Viral Antigens and Aerosols

SJ Wang, R Gupta, A Benegal, R Avula, YY Huang… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Lateral flow assays (LFAs) are currently the most popular point-of-care diagnostics, rapidly
transforming disease diagnosis from expensive doctor checkups and laboratory-based tests …