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 …

The roles of Ebola virus soluble glycoprotein in replication, pathogenesis, and countermeasure development

W Zhu, L Banadyga, K Emeterio, G Wong, X Qiu - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ebola virus (EBOV) is a highly lethal pathogen that has caused several outbreaks of severe
hemorrhagic fever in humans since its emergence in 1976. The EBOV glycoprotein (GP1, 2) …

Antigenic subversion: a novel mechanism of host immune evasion by Ebola virus

GS Mohan, W Li, L Ye, RW Compans, C Yang - PLoS pathogens, 2012 - journals.plos.org
In addition to its surface glycoprotein (GP1, 2), Ebola virus (EBOV) directs the production of
large quantities of a truncated glycoprotein isoform (sGP) that is secreted into the …

Characterization of Zaire ebolavirus glycoprotein-specific monoclonal antibodies

X Qiu, JB Alimonti, PL Melito, L Fernando, U Ströher… - Clinical …, 2011 - Elsevier
Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV) can be transmitted by human-to-human contact and causes acute
haemorrhagic fever with case fatality rates up to 90%. There are no effective therapeutic or …

A shared structural solution for neutralizing ebolaviruses

JM Dias, AI Kuehne, DM Abelson, S Bale… - Nature structural & …, 2011 - nature.com
Sudan virus (genus Ebolavirus) is lethal, yet no monoclonal antibody is known to neutralize
it. We here describe antibody 16F6 that neutralizes Sudan virus and present its structure …

Conserved B and T cell epitopes prediction of ebola virus glycoprotein for vaccine development: an immuno-informatics approach

B Ahmad, UA Ashfaq, M Rahman, MS Masoud… - Microbial …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ebola virus (EBOV), a non-segmented single-stranded RNA virus, is often-most transmitted
through body fluids like sweat, tears, saliva, and nasal secretions. Till date, there is no …

Discovery of an antibody for pan-ebolavirus therapy

W Furuyama, A Marzi, A Nanbo, E Haddock… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
During the latest outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa, monoclonal antibody
therapy (eg, ZMapp) was utilized to treat patients. However, due to the antigenic differences …

Ebola GP-specific monoclonal antibodies protect mice and guinea pigs from lethal Ebola virus infection

X Qiu, L Fernando, PL Melito, J Audet… - PLoS neglected …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Ebola virus (EBOV) causes acute hemorrhagic fever in humans and non-human primates
with mortality rates up to 90%. So far there are no effective treatments available. This study …

Interaction between TIM-1 and NPC1 is important for cellular entry of Ebola virus

M Kuroda, D Fujikura, A Nanbo, A Marzi… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Multiple host molecules are known to be involved in the cellular entry of filoviruses, including
Ebola virus (EBOV); T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 1 (TIM-1) and Niemann-Pick …

Ebolavirus comparative genomics

SR Jun, MR Leuze, I Nookaew… - FEMS microbiology …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the largest documented for this virus. To examine
the dynamics of this genome, we compare more than 100 currently available ebolavirus …