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ReviewViruses2021

Structural Analysis of Neutralizing Epitopes of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike to Guide Therapy and Vaccine Design Strategies.

Maxwell T Finkelstein, Adam G Mermelstein, Emma Parker Miller, Paul C Seth, Erik-Stephane D Stancofski, Daniela Fera

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Review in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  17. Monoclonal antibody therapies against SARS-CoV-2.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2022
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  18. Passive antifouling and active self-disinfecting antiviral surfaces.Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Maxwell T FinkelsteinDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9039-4546
Adam G MermelsteinDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA.
Emma Parker MillerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2402-0984
Paul C SethDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA.
Erik-Stephane D StancofskiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA.
Daniela FeraDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1706-9288

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus research has gained tremendous attention because of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (nCoV or SARS-CoV-2). In this review, we highlight recent studies that provide atomic-resolution structural details important for the development of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that can be used therapeutically and prophylactically and for vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. Structural studies with SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing mAbs have revealed a diverse set of binding modes on the spike's receptor-binding domain and N-terminal domain and highlight alternative targets on the spike. We consider this structural work together with mAb effects in vivo to suggest correlations between structure and clinical applications. We also place mAbs against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronaviruses in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 spike to suggest features that may be desirable to design mAbs or vaccines capable of conferring broad protection.

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Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19COVID-19 SerotherapyEpitope MappingEpitopesHumansImmunization, PassiveMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronavirusSARS-CoV-2Severe Acute Respiratory SyndromeSevere acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirusSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusViral VaccinesVirus InternalizationAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralEpitopesSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2Viral VaccinescoronavirusCOVID-19immunogenneutralizing antibodiesSARS-CoV-2spike

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PMID33477902
PMCPMC7833398

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