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Cross-reactive coronavirus antibodies with diverse epitope specificities and Fc effector functions

Andrea R. Shiakolas, Kevin J. Kramer, Daniel Wrapp, Simone I. Richardson, Alexandra Schäfer, Steven C. Wall, Nianshuang Wang, Katarzyna Janowska, Kelsey A. Pilewski, Rohit Venkat, Robert Parks, Nelia P. Manamela, Nagarajan Raju, Emilee Friedman Fechter, Clinton Holt, Naveenchandra Suryadevara, Rita E. Chen, David R. Martinez, Rachel S. Nargi, Rachel E. Sutton, Julie E. Ledgerwood, Barney S. Graham, Michael Diamond, Barton F. Haynes, Priyamvada Acharya, Robert H. Carnahan, James E. Crowe, Ralph S. Baric, Lynn Morris, Jason S. McLellan, Ivelin S. Georgiev

2021Cell Reports Medicine79 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

in murine models, two of the antibodies demonstrate a reduction in hemorrhagic pathology in the lungs. The identification of cross-reactive epitopes recognized by functional antibodies expands the repertoire of targets for pan-coronavirus vaccine design strategies.

Topics & Concepts

EpitopeEffectorVirologyAntibodyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)CoronavirusSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakImmunologyBiologyComputational biologyMedicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePathologyOutbreakSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyAnimal Virus Infections Studies