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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2021

Broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies protect against multiple tick-borne flaviviruses.

Laura A VanBlargan, John M Errico, Natasha M Kafai, Katherine E Burgomaster, Prashant N Jethva, Rebecca M Broeckel, Kimberly Meade-White, Christopher A Nelson, Sunny Himansu, David Wang and 6 more

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Serological cross-reactivity among common flaviviruses.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Laura A VanBlargan *Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
John M Errico *Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Natasha M KafaiDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Katherine E BurgomasterLaboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Prashant N JethvaDepartment of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
Rebecca M BroeckelLaboratory of Virology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT.
Kimberly Meade-WhiteLaboratory of Virology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT.
Christopher A NelsonDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Sunny HimansuModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
David WangDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Scott A HandleyDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Michael L GrossDepartment of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
Sonja M BestLaboratory of Virology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT.
Theodore C PiersonLaboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Daved H FremontDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Michael S DiamondDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Washington University in St. Louis · USNational Institutes of Health · USModerna Therapeutics (United States) · US

Funding

Virus-Host Interactions: Induction and Evasion of Host Innate ImmunityZIAAI001125 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI BEST, SONJA · 2010 to 2025
$28.1M
Infectious Diseases/Basic Microbial Pathogenic MechanismsT32AI007172 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Daniel E. Goldberg, JENNIFER A PHILIPS · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
TrainingP41GM103422 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GROSS, MICHAEL L · 2012 to 2019
$12.0M
COVID Supplement B Cell Epitope Discovery and Mechanisms of Antibody Protection.75N93019C00062 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI FREMONT, DAVED · 2019 to 2023
$11.7M
Antibody-based Protection against FlavivirsesR01AI073755 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DIAMOND, MICHAEL S, FREMONT, DAVED H. · 2007 to 2022
$11.4M
A Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Resource: Ongoing Driving Biomedical ProjectsR24GM136766 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GROSS, MICHAEL L · 2020 to 2022
$2.3M
Genome-wide CRISPRa screen to determine the antiviral repertoire of the cellZIAAI001349 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI BEST, SONJA · 2021 to 2025
$2.1M
NIAID NIH HHS 75N93019C00062NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400018CNIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400058CNIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201700060CNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI073755NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007172NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103422NIGMS NIH HHS R24 GM136766
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although Powassan virus (POWV) is an emerging tick-transmitted flavivirus that causes severe or fatal neuroinvasive disease in humans, medical countermeasures have not yet been developed. Here, we developed a panel of neutralizing anti-POWV mAbs recognizing six distinct antigenic sites. The most potent of these mAbs bind sites within domain II or III of the envelope (E) protein and inhibit postattachment viral entry steps. A subset of these mAbs cross-react with other flaviviruses. Both POWV type-specific and cross-reactive neutralizing mAbs confer protection in mice against POWV infection when given as prophylaxis or postexposure therapy. Several cross-reactive mAbs mapping to either domain II or III also protect in vivo against heterologous tick-transmitted flaviviruses including Langat and tick-borne encephalitis virus. Our experiments define structural and functional correlates of antibody protection against POWV infection and identify epitopes targeted by broadly neutralizing antibodies with therapeutic potential against multiple tick-borne flaviviruses.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingCell LineChlorocebus aethiopsCross ReactionsEncephalitis, Tick-BorneEncephalitis Viruses, Tick-BorneEpitopesHEK293 CellsHumansImmunoglobulin GMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMutationVero CellsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingEpitopesImmunoglobulin GViral Envelope ProteinsViral Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID33831142
PMCPMC8040518
OpenAlexW3148971753

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