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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2015

Antibody-Based Strategies to Prevent and Treat Influenza.

Zachary Shriver, Jose M Trevejo, Ram Sasisekharan

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Expanding the Boundaries of Biotherapeutics with Bispecific Antibodies.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2018
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  11. EMAPII Monoclonal Antibody Ameliorates Influenza A Virus-Induced Lung Injury.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2018
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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 2 countries.

Zachary ShriverVisterra Inc. , Cambridge, MA , USA.
Jose M TrevejoVisterra Inc. , Cambridge, MA , USA.
Ram SasisekharanDepartment of Biological Engineering, Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA , USA ; Infectious Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Group, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology , Singapore , Singapore.
Visterra (United States) · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Structure-Function Relationship of GlycosaminoglycansR37GM057073 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SASISEKHARAN, RAM · 2010 to 2019
$3.9M
Characterization and Development of a Cross Spectrum Anti-Dengue AntibodyR01AI111395 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SASISEKHARAN, RAM · 2014 to 2018
$3.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI111395NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM057073
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Passive immunization using antibodies is a promising alternative to other antiviral treatment options. The potential for seasonal protection arising from a single injection of antibodies is appealing and has been pursued for a number of infectious agents. However, until recently, antibody-based strategies to combat infectious agents have been hampered due to the fact that most antibodies have been found to be strain specific, with the virus evolving resistance in many cases. The discovery of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) in influenza, dengue virus, and HIV, which bind to multiple, structurally diverse strains, has provided renewed interest in this area. This review will focus on new technologies that enable the discovery of bNAbs, the challenges and opportunities of immunotherapies as an important addition to existing antiviral therapy, and the role of antibody discovery in informing rational vaccine discovery - with agents targeting influenza specifically addressed. Multiple candidates have entered the clinic and raise the possibility that a single antibody or small combination of antibodies can effectively neutralize a wide variety of strains. However, challenges remain - including combating escape variants, pharmacodynamics of antibody distribution, and development of efficacy biomarkers beyond virologic endpoints.

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hemagglutininsinfluenza A virusmonoclonal antibodiesmutationstherapeuticsviral

Identifiers

PMID26217334
PMCPMC4500096
OpenAlexW1637747050

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