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ArticleViruses2021

Neutralizing Monoclonal Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Isolated from Immunized Rabbits Define Novel Vulnerable Spike-Protein Epitope.

Efi Makdasi, Yinon Levy, Ron Alcalay, Tal Noy-Porat, Eran Zahavy, Adva Mechaly, Eyal Epstein, Eldar Peretz, Hila Cohen, Liat Bar-On and 7 more

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Article in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Efi MakdasiIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Yinon LevyIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Ron AlcalayIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-1276-0464
Tal Noy-PoratIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Eran ZahavyIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Adva MechalyIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Eyal EpsteinIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Eldar PeretzIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Hila CohenIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Liat Bar-OnIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Theodor ChitlaruIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Ofer CohenIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Itai GlinertIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Hagit AchdoutIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Tomer IsraelyIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Ronit RosenfeldIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.
Ohad MazorIsrael Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-5956-9865
Israel Institute for Biological Research · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies represent an important avenue for COVID-19 therapy and are routinely used for rapid and accessible diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The recent emergence of SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants emphasized the need to enlarge the repertoire of antibodies that target diverse epitopes, the combination of which may improve immune-diagnostics, augment the efficiency of the immunotherapy and prevent selection of escape-mutants. Antigen-specific controlled immunization of experimental animals may elicit antibody repertoires that significantly differ from those generated in the context of the immune response mounted in the course of disease. Accordingly, rabbits were immunized by several recombinant antigens representing distinct domains of the viral spike protein and monoclonal antibodies were isolated from single cells obtained by cell sorting. Characterization of a panel of successfully isolated anti-receptor binding domain (RBD) and anti-N-terminal domain (NTD) antibodies demonstrated that they exhibit high specificity and affinity profiles. Anti-RBD antibodies revealing significant neutralizing potency against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro were found to target at least three distinct epitopes. Epitope mapping established that two of these antibodies recognized a novel epitope located on the surface of the RBD. We suggest that the antibodies isolated in this study are useful for designing SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis and therapy approaches.

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AnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19Epitope MappingEpitopesFemaleHumansNeutralization TestsRabbitsSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralEpitopesSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusCOVID-19monoclonal antibodyneutralizing antibodyrabbit immunizationSARS-CoV-2single-cell sortspike

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PMID33810465
PMCPMC8065470
OpenAlexW3140383398

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