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 …

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages exhibit distinct antibody escape patterns

H Gruell, K Vanshylla, M Korenkov, P Tober-Lau… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2022 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies play a critical role in COVID-19 prevention and
treatment but are challenged by viral evolution and the emergence of novel escape variants …

Potent antibodies against immune invasive SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants

L Wang, Y Wang, H Zhou - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) is an important strategy to tackle the
Omicron variant. Omicron N-terminal domain (NTD) mutations including A67V, G142D, and …

Combating the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (BA. 1) and BA. 2 with potent bispecific antibodies engineered from non-Omicron neutralizing antibodies

Y Wang, X Zhang, Y Ma, Y Wang, W Zhan, Q Zheng… - Cell Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
The highly mutated and transmissible Omicron (BA. 1) and its more contagious lineage BA.
2 have provoked serious concerns over their decreased sensitivity to the current COVID-19 …

Broad Sarbecovirus Neutralizing Antibodies Obtained by Computational Design and Synthetic Library Screening

X Yang, H Duan, X Liu, X Zhang, S Pan… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Members of the Sarbecovirus subgenus of Coronaviridae have twice caused deadly threats
to humans. There is increasing concern about the rapid mutation of severe acute respiratory …

Comprehensive structural analysis reveals broad-spectrum neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants

X Chi, L Xia, G Zhang, X Chi, B Huang, Y Zhang… - Cell Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
The pandemic of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread around the world.
Mutant strains of SARS-CoV-2 are constantly emerging. At present, Omicron variants have …

State of the art in epitope mapping and opportunities in COVID-19

SM Hamed, MM Sakr, GS El-Housseiny, R Wasfi… - Future Science …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The understanding of any disease calls for studying specific biological structures called
epitopes. One important tool recently drawing attention and improving efficiency in both …

Characterization of a mouse-adapted strain of bat severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus

HF Lin, MQ Liu, RD Jiang, QC Gong, J Su… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bats carry genetically diverse severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronaviruses
(SARSr-CoVs). Some of them utilize human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) as a …

Broadly neutralizing antibodies derived from the earliest COVID-19 convalescents protect mice from SARS-CoV-2 variants challenge

Q Liu, H Zhao, Z Li, Z Zhang, R Huang, M Gu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first reported three years ago, when a
group of individuals were infected with the original SARS-CoV-2 strain, based on which …

An engineered IgG–VHH bispecific antibody against SARS‐CoV‐2 and its variants

H Chi, L Wang, C Liu, X Cheng, H Zheng, L Lv… - Small …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) neutralizing antibodies
are shown to be effective therapeutics for providing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) …