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ReviewCytotherapy2021

Antibodies at work in the time of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Kuttuvan Valappil Sajna, Siya Kamat

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Review in Cytotherapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Antibody-dependent enhancement of coronaviruses.International journal of biological sciences · 2025
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  3. Correlation between the binding affinity and the conformational entropy of nanobody SARS-CoV-2 spike protein complexes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  6. Nano-engineered tools in the diagnosis, therapeutics, prevention, and mitigation of SARS-CoV-2.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kuttuvan Valappil SajnaDepartment of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Electronic address: sajnak@iisc.ac.in.
Siya KamatDepartment of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In view of devastating effects of COVID-19 on human life, there is an urgent need for the licened vaccines or therapeutics for the SARS-CoV-2 infection. Age-old passive immunization with protective antibodies to neutralize the virus is one of the strategies for emergency prophylaxis and therapy for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this review, the authors discuss up-to-date advances in immune-based therapy for COVID-19. The use of convalescent plasma therapy as the first line of defense to treat severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has been established, with encouraging results. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that bind to the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein or block the interaction between SARS-CoV-2 RBD and the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor have been found to be very promising as a countermeasure for tackling the SARS-CoV-2 infection, and clinical trials are underway. Considering the counterproductive antibody-dependent enhancement of the virus, mAbs therapy that is safe and efficacious, even in people with underlying conditions, will be a significant breakthrough. In addition, emerging immunotherapeutic interventions using nanobodies and cellular immunotherapy are promising avenues for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors also discuss the implication of mAbs as mediators of cytokine storm syndrome to modify the immune response of COVID-19 patients, thus reducing the fatality rate of COVID-19 infection.

Indexed as

Antibodies, ViralCOVID-19COVID-19 SerotherapyHumansImmunization, PassiveImmunomodulationPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, Viralconvalescent plasma therapyimmunotherapymonoclonal antibodiesnanobodiesSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID32988772
PMCPMC7458058
OpenAlexW3082732146

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