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ReviewNature structural & molecular biology2018

Structural insights into the design of novel anti-influenza therapies.

Nicholas C Wu, Ian A Wilson

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Review in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 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.

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

78 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nicholas C WuDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9078-6697
Ian A WilsonDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. wilson@scripps.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6469-2419

Funding

Exploiting Vulnerability on Influenza VirusR56AI127371 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI WILSON, IAN A · 2017 to 2017
$730k
NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI127371
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A limited arsenal of therapies is currently available to tackle the emergence of a future influenza pandemic or even to deal effectively with the continual outbreaks of seasonal influenza. However, recent findings hold great promise for the design of novel vaccines and therapeutics, including the possibility of more universal treatments. Structural biology has been a major contributor to those advances, in particular through the many studies on influenza hemagglutinin (HA), the major surface antigen. HA's primary function is to enable the virus to enter host cells, and structural work has revealed the various HA conformational forms generated during the entry process. Other studies have explored how human broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs), designed proteins, peptides and small molecules, can inhibit and neutralize the virus. Here we review milestones in HA structural biology and how the recent insights from bnAbs are paving the way to design novel vaccines and therapeutics.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAntiviral AgentsBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayFerretsHaplorhiniHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusHumansHydroquinonesInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesKineticsMiceModels, Molecular2-tert-butylhydroquinoneAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAntiviral AgentsHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusHydroquinonesInfluenza VaccinesPeptides

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PMID29396418
PMCPMC5930012

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