insights on current FDA-approved monoclonal antibodies against Ebola virus infection

O Tshiani Mbaya, P Mukumbayi… - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The unprecedented 2013-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak accelerated several medical
countermeasures (MCMs) against Ebola virus disease (EVD). Several investigational …

Human antibodies for viral infections

JE Crowe Jr - Annual review of immunology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Antibodies have been used to prevent or treat viral infections since the nineteenth century,
but the full potential to use passive immunization for infectious diseases has yet to be …

A conserved immunogenic and vulnerable site on the coronavirus spike protein delineated by cross-reactive monoclonal antibodies

C Wang, R van Haperen, J Gutiérrez-Álvarez… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The coronavirus spike glycoprotein, located on the virion surface, is the key mediator of cell
entry and the focus for development of protective antibodies and vaccines. Structural studies …

Towards a solution to MERS: protective human monoclonal antibodies targeting different domains and functions of the MERS-coronavirus spike glycoprotein

I Widjaja, C Wang, R van Haperen… - Emerging microbes & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Middle-East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a zoonotic
virus that causes severe and often fatal respiratory disease in humans. Efforts to develop …

Structural and mechanistic basis of neutralization by a pan-hantavirus protective antibody

E Mittler, A Serris, ES Esterman, C Florez… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Emerging rodent-borne hantaviruses cause severe diseases in humans with no approved
vaccines or therapeutics. We recently isolated a monoclonal broadly neutralizing antibody …

Analysis of a therapeutic antibody cocktail reveals determinants for cooperative and broad ebolavirus neutralization

P Gilchuk, CD Murin, JC Milligan, RW Cross, CE Mire… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Structural principles underlying the composition of protective antiviral monoclonal antibody
(mAb) cocktails are poorly defined. Here, we exploited antibody cooperativity to develop a …

Development of a human antibody cocktail that deploys multiple functions to confer pan-ebolavirus protection

AZ Wec, ZA Bornholdt, S He, AS Herbert, E Goodwin… - Cell host & …, 2019 - cell.com
Passive administration of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is a promising therapeutic
approach for Ebola virus disease (EVD). However, all mAbs and mAb cocktails that have …

Asymmetric and non-stoichiometric glycoprotein recognition by two distinct antibodies results in broad protection against ebolaviruses

JC Milligan, CW Davis, X Yu, PA Ilinykh, K Huang… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Several ebolaviruses cause outbreaks of severe disease. Vaccines and monoclonal
antibody cocktails are available to treat Ebola virus (EBOV) infections, but not Sudan virus …

Antibody-dependent enhancement of Ebola virus infection by human antibodies isolated from survivors

NA Kuzmina, P Younan, P Gilchuk, RI Santos, AI Flyak… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Some monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) recovered from survivors of filovirus infections can
protect against infection. It is currently unknown whether natural infection also induces some …

Ebola vaccine–induced protection in nonhuman primates correlates with antibody specificity and Fc-mediated effects

M Meyer, BM Gunn, DC Malherbe… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Although substantial progress has been made with Ebola virus (EBOV) vaccine measures,
the immune correlates of vaccine-mediated protection remain uncertain. Here, five mucosal …