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ReviewImmunological reviews2008

The structural immunology of antibody protection against West Nile virus.

Michael S Diamond, Theodore C Pierson, Daved H Fremont

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Review in Immunological reviews, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
79citing papers in PubMed
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 131 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Human antibodies against West Nile and related orthoflaviviruses.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  9. West Nile virus unmasked: from gene variability to future challenges.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael S DiamondDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. diamond@borcim.wustl.edu
Theodore C Pierson
Daved H Fremont
Washington University in St. Louis · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Virology and Smallpox VaccinationsU54AI057160 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RAY, RANJIT · 2003 to 2013
$80.9M
Antibody-based Protection against FlavivirsesR01AI073755 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DIAMOND, MICHAEL S, FREMONT, DAVED H. · 2007 to 2022
$11.4M
Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for West Nile VirusU01AI061373 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DIAMOND, MICHAEL S · 2005 to 2009
$5.1M
Analysis of the neutralizing antibody response following flavivirus infectionZIAAI001022 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI PIERSON, THEODORE · 2009 to 2016
$1.7M
Cancer Research UKIntramural NIH HHSNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI073755NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI061373NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI057160
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

summaryRecent investigations of the interaction between the West Nile virus (WNV) envelope protein (E) and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have elucidated fundamental insights into the molecular mechanisms of neutralization. Structural studies have defined an epitope on the lateral ridge of domain III (DIII-lr) of the WNV E protein that is recognized by antibodies with the strongest neutralizing activity in vitro and in vivo. Antibodies that bind this epitope are highly potent because they efficiently block at a post-entry step of viral infection with relatively low virion occupancy requirements. In this review, we discuss the structural, molecular, and immunologic basis for antibody-mediated protection against WNV, and its implications for novel therapeutic or vaccine strategies.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, ViralEpitopesHumansViral Nonstructural ProteinsViral ProteinsWest Nile FeverWest Nile virusAntibodies, ViralEpitopesNS1 protein, FlavivirusViral Nonstructural ProteinsViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID18837784
PMCPMC2646609
OpenAlexW2084993024

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