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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2018

Passive immunotherapy of viral infections: 'super-antibodies' enter the fray.

Laura M Walker, Dennis R Burton

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 170 papers.

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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

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

170 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. A monoclonal anti-hemagglutinin stem antibody modified with zanamivir protects against both influenza A and B viruses.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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110 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Laura M WalkerAdimab LLC, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03766, USA.
Dennis R BurtonDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.

Funding

Support Component D/Vaccine Discovery, Concept to ClinicUM1AI100663 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI BAROUCH, DAN H. · 2012 to 2018
$131.5M
NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI100663
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies have been used for more than 100 years in the therapy of infectious diseases, but a new generation of highly potent and/or broadly cross-reactive human monoclonal antibodies (sometimes referred to as 'super-antibodies') offers new opportunities for intervention. The isolation of these antibodies, most of which are rarely induced in human infections, has primarily been achieved by large-scale screening for suitable donors and new single B cell approaches to human monoclonal antibody generation. Engineering the antibodies to improve half-life and effector functions has further augmented their in vivo activity in some cases. Super-antibodies offer promise for the prophylaxis and therapy of infections with a range of viruses, including those that are highly antigenically variable and those that are newly emerging or that have pandemic potential. The next few years will be decisive in the realization of the promise of super-antibodies.

Indexed as

Immunization, PassiveAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralB-LymphocytesCross ReactionsDonor SelectionHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansMiceModels, ImmunologicalModels, MolecularVirus DiseasesAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, Viral

Identifiers

PMID29379211
PMCPMC5918154

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