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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2019

Selective Engagement of FcγRIV by a M2e-Specific Single Domain Antibody Construct Protects Against Influenza A Virus Infection.

Dorien De Vlieger, Katja Hoffmann, Inge Van Molle, Wim Nerinckx, Lien Van Hoecke, Marlies Ballegeer, Sarah Creytens, Han Remaut, Hartmut Hengel, Bert Schepens and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Dorien De VliegerVIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium.
Katja HoffmannInstitute of Virology, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Inge Van MolleStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Wim NerinckxVIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium.
Lien Van HoeckeVIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium.
Marlies BallegeerVIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium.
Sarah CreytensVIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium.
Han RemautStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Hartmut HengelInstitute of Virology, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Bert SchepensVIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium.
Xavier SaelensVIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium.
Ghent University · BEUniversity of Freiburg · DEVIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology · BEVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lower respiratory tract infections, such as infections caused by influenza A viruses, are a constant threat for public health. Antivirals are indispensable to control disease caused by epidemic as well as pandemic influenza A. We developed a novel anti-influenza A virus approach based on an engineered single-domain antibody (VHH) construct that can selectively recruit innate immune cells to the sites of virus replication. This protective construct comprises two VHHs. One VHH binds with nanomolar affinity to the conserved influenza A matrix protein 2 (M2) ectodomain (M2e). Co-crystal structure analysis revealed that the complementarity determining regions 2 and 3 of this VHH embrace M2e. The second selected VHH specifically binds to the mouse Fcγ Receptor IV (FcγRIV) and was genetically fused to the M2e-specific VHH, which resulted in a bi-specific VHH-based construct that could be efficiently expressed in

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, ViralCell LineHumansInfluenza A virusInfluenza, HumanMiceModels, MolecularPeptidesProtein ConformationReceptors, IgGSingle-Domain AntibodiesStructure-Activity RelationshipViral Matrix ProteinsAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, ViralFCGR3A protein, humanM2 protein, Influenza A virusPeptidesReceptors, IgGSingle-Domain AntibodiesViral Matrix ProteinsViroporin Proteinseffector functionsFcγ receptorinfluenzamatrix protein 2 ectodomainsingle domain antibody

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PMID31921179
PMCPMC6921966
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