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ReviewImmunologic research2020

Recent advances in therapeutic applications of neutralizing antibodies for virus infections: an overview.

Manasik Gumah Ali, Zhening Zhang, Qi Gao, Mingzhu Pan, Edward G Rowan, Juan Zhang

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Review in Immunologic research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Manasik Gumah AliAntibody Engineering Laboratory, School of Life Science & Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Zhening ZhangAntibody Engineering Laboratory, School of Life Science & Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Qi GaoAntibody Engineering Laboratory, School of Life Science & Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Mingzhu PanAntibody Engineering Laboratory, School of Life Science & Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Edward G RowanStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Juan ZhangAntibody Engineering Laboratory, School of Life Science & Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China. zhangjuan@cpu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-1067-7878
China Pharmaceutical University · CNUniversity of Strathclyde · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies are considered as an excellent foundation to neutralize pathogens and as highly specific therapeutic agents. Antibodies are generated in response to a vaccine but little use as immunotherapy to combat virus infections. A new generation of broadly cross-reactive and highly potent antibodies has led to a unique chance for them to be used as a medical intervention. Neutralizing antibodies (monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies) are desirable for pharmaceutical products because of their ability to target specific epitopes with their variable domains by precise neutralization mechanisms. The isolation of neutralizing antiviral antibodies has been achieved by Phage displayed antibody libraries, transgenic mice, B cell approaches, and hybridoma technology. Antibody engineering technologies have led to efficacy improvements, to further boost antibody in vivo activities. "Although neutralizing antiviral antibodies have some limitations that hinder their full development as therapeutic agents, the potential for prevention and treatment of infections, including a range of viruses (HIV, Ebola, MERS-COV, CHIKV, SARS-CoV, and SARS-CoV2), are being actively pursued in human clinical trials."

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19EpitopesHumansImmunotherapyMicePandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralEpitopesEpitopeGlycoproteinHumoral immune responseMonoclonalNeutralizing antibodiesPhage displayPolyclonal

Identifiers

PMID33161557
PMCPMC7648849
OpenAlexW3100210861

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