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ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2021

An immunotherapeutic method for COVID-19 patients: a soluble ACE2-Anti-CD16 VHH to block SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein.

Abdolkarim Sheikhi, Mohammad Hojjat-Farsangi

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Article in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Abdolkarim SheikhiDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Dezful University of Medical Sciences , Dezful, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3559-5548
Mohammad Hojjat-FarsangiDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute , Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-0589-5523
Dezful University of Medical Sciences · IRKarolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The third outbreak of coronavirus (CoV) infection (after SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV) caused by a novel CoV (SARS-CoV-2) of the genus Beta-coronavirus has become a global pandemic. CoVs are enveloped viruses whose proteins include spike (S), membrane (M), and envelope (E) which are embedded in the viral envelope. The glycosylated S protein, which forms homo-trimeric spikes on the surface of the viral particle, mediates viral entry into host cells. SARS-CoV-2, like SARS-CoV, uses the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) cell surface protein for cellular entry. An attractive anti-viral approach is targeting virus entry into cells, for which three strategies are suggested: 1) direct targeting of the viral glycoprotein; 2) targeting the viral receptor on the cell surface; and 3) using soluble (s) ACE2 that binds to S protein thereby neutralizing the virus. In this article, the advantages and disadvantages of these strategies are explained. Moreover, we propose that fusion of the sACE2 to anti-CD16 to produce a bi-specific molecule could be a promising anti-viral strategy.

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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antibodies, NeutralizingCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansProtein BindingSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antibodies, NeutralizingSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2cd16COVID-19sACE2sACE2-Anti-CD16sars-CoV-2

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PMID32663051
PMCPMC7872019
OpenAlexW3042547311

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