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ReviewExpert reviews in molecular medicine2008

Molecular mechanisms of antibody-mediated neutralisation of flavivirus infection.

Theodore C Pierson, Michael S Diamond

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Review in Expert reviews in molecular medicine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 101 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

101 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Theodore C PiersonViral Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. piersontc@mail.nih.gov
Michael S Diamond

Funding

Virology and Smallpox VaccinationsU54AI057160 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI YOKOYAMA, WAYNE M. · 2003 to 2013
$80.9M
Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for West Nile VirusU01AI061373 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DIAMOND, MICHAEL S · 2005 to 2009
$5.1M
Outcomes of the Interactions of Flaviviruses with AntiboZ01AI000957 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI PIERSON, THEODORE C. · 2005 to 2008
$1.3M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI000957NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI061373NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI057160
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flaviviruses are a group of positive-stranded RNA viruses that cause a spectrum of severe illnesses globally in more than 50 million individuals each year. While effective vaccines exist for three members of this group (yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and tick-borne encephalitis viruses), safe and effective vaccines for several other flaviviruses of clinical importance, including West Nile and dengue viruses, remain in development. An effective humoral immune response is critical for protection against flaviviruses and an essential goal of vaccine development. The effectiveness of virus-specific antibodies in vivo reflects their capacity to inhibit virus entry and spread through several mechanisms, including the direct neutralisation of virus infection. Recent advances in our understanding of the structural biology of flaviviruses, coupled with the use of small-animal models of flavivirus infection, have promoted significant advances in our appreciation of the factors that govern antibody recognition and inhibition of flaviviruses in vitro and in vivo. In this review, we discuss the properties that define the potency of neutralising antibodies and the molecular mechanisms by which they inhibit virus infection. How recent advances in this area have the potential to improve the development of safe and effective vaccines and immunotherapeutics is also addressed.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, ViralEpitopesFlavivirusFlavivirus InfectionsHumansViral Envelope ProteinsVirus InternalizationAntibodies, ViralEpitopesViral Envelope Proteins

Identifiers

PMID18471342
PMCPMC2671962

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