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ReviewProgress in molecular biology and translational science2015

A game of numbers: the stoichiometry of antibody-mediated neutralization of flavivirus infection.

Theodore C Pierson, Michael S Diamond

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Review in Progress in molecular biology and translational science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
23.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Patient-blood management for COVID19 convalescent plasma therapy: relevance of affinity and donor-recipient differences in concentration of neutralizing antibodies.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2021
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  16. The total number and mass of SARS-CoV-2 virions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  18. The total number and mass of SARS-CoV-2 virions.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Theodore C PiersonViral Pathogenesis Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Electronic address: piersontc@niaid.nih.gov.
Michael S DiamondDepartments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, Pathology & Immunology, Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Programs, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Electronic address: diamond@borcim.wustl.edu.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Antibody-based Protection against FlavivirsesR01AI073755 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DIAMOND, MICHAEL S, FREMONT, DAVED H. · 2007 to 2022
$11.4M
Mechanisms of Antibody-Mediated Neutralization of Flavivirus InfectionZIAAI000957 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI PIERSON, THEODORE · 2009 to 2019
$7.1M
Antibody Based Therapeuticcs for Chikungunya VirusR01AI089591 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DIAMOND, MICHAEL S · 2010 to 2014
$4.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI073755NIAID NIH HHS R01AI073755NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI089591PHS HHS R01A1089591
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The humoral response contributes to the protection against viral pathogens. Although antibodies have the potential to inhibit viral infections via several mechanisms, an ability to neutralize viruses directly may be particularly important. Neutralizing antibody titers are commonly used as predictors of protection from infection, especially in the context of vaccine responses and immunity. Despite the simplicity of the concept, how antibody binding results in virus inactivation is incompletely understood despite decades of research. Flaviviruses have been an attractive system in which to seek a structural and quantitative understanding of how antibody interactions with virions modulate infection because of the contribution of antibodies to both protection and pathogenesis. This review will present a stoichiometric model of antibody-mediated neutralization of flaviviruses and discuss how these concepts can inform the development of vaccines and antibody-based therapeutics.

Indexed as

Neutralization TestsAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralFlavivirus InfectionsHumansModels, BiologicalViral VaccinesAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralViral VaccinesAntibodyEnhancementFlavivirusMaturationNeutralizationPathogenesisProtectionStoichiometryVaccine

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PMID25595803
PMCPMC4910618
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