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Review3 Biotech2021

Perspective on therapeutic and diagnostic potential of camel nanobodies for coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19).

Salma Bessalah, Samira Jebahi, Naceur Mejri, Imed Salhi, Touhami Khorchani, Mohamed Hammadi

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Review in 3 Biotech, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Recent advances in management of COVID-19: A review.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2021
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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Salma BessalahLivestock and Wildlife Laboratory, Arid Lands Institute (I.R.A), University of Gabès, 4119 Médenine, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0003-0430-2500
Samira JebahiLaboratory on Energy and Matter for Nuclear Sciences Development (LR16CNSTN02), National Centre for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies, Sidi Thabet Technopark, 2020 Sidi Thabet, Tunisia, Pole technologique, BP 72, 2020 Sidi Thabet, Tunisia.
Naceur MejriLaboratory on Energy and Matter for Nuclear Sciences Development (LR16CNSTN02), National Centre for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies, Sidi Thabet Technopark, 2020 Sidi Thabet, Tunisia, Pole technologique, BP 72, 2020 Sidi Thabet, Tunisia.
Imed SalhiLivestock and Wildlife Laboratory, Arid Lands Institute (I.R.A), University of Gabès, 4119 Médenine, Tunisia.
Touhami KhorchaniLivestock and Wildlife Laboratory, Arid Lands Institute (I.R.A), University of Gabès, 4119 Médenine, Tunisia.
Mohamed HammadiLivestock and Wildlife Laboratory, Arid Lands Institute (I.R.A), University of Gabès, 4119 Médenine, Tunisia.
Institut des Régions Arides · TNCentre National des Sciences et Technologies Nucléaires · TN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper, we focus on the camelid nanobodies as a revolutionary therapy that can guide efforts to discover new drugs for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The small size property makes nanobodies capable of penetrating efficiently into tissues and recognizing cryptic antigens. Strong antigen affinity and stability in the gastrointestinal tract allow them to be used via oral administration. In fact, the use of nanobodies as inhalant can be directly delivered to the target organ, conferring high pulmonary drug concentrations and low systemic drug concentrations and minimal systemic side effects. For that, nanobodies are referred as a class of next-generation antibodies. Nanobodies permit the construction of multivalent formats that may achieve ultra-high neutralization potency and then may prevent mutational escape and can neutralize a wide range of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Due to their distinctive characteristics, nanobodies can be of great use in the development of promising treatment or preventive strategies against SARS-CoV-2 infection. In this review, the state-of-the-art of camel nanobodies design strategies against the virus including SARS-CoV-2 are critically summarized. The application of general nanotechnology was also discussed to mitigate and control emerging SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Indexed as

Antibodies engineeringCoronavirus disease (COVID-19)Heavy chain antibodiesPandemicSingle-domain antibody

Identifiers

PMID33500874
PMCPMC7820838
OpenAlexW3121934389

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Registered trials

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