Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34544114›Full record

ArticleNature2021

High genetic barrier to SARS-CoV-2 polyclonal neutralizing antibody escape.

Fabian Schmidt, Yiska Weisblum, Magdalena Rutkowska, Daniel Poston, Justin DaSilva, Fengwen Zhang, Eva Bednarski, Alice Cho, Dennis J Schaefer-Babajew, Christian Gaebler and 4 more

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 148 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
148citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

148 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 238 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fabian Schmidt *Laboratory of Retrovirology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Yiska Weisblum *Laboratory of Retrovirology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Magdalena RutkowskaHoward Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Daniel PostonLaboratory of Retrovirology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9900-6717
Justin DaSilvaLaboratory of Retrovirology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6393-0000
Fengwen ZhangLaboratory of Retrovirology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Eva BednarskiLaboratory of Retrovirology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Alice ChoLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Dennis J Schaefer-BabajewLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-2950
Christian GaeblerLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7295-8128
Marina CaskeyLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1727-8693
Michel C NussenzweigHoward Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0592-8564
Theodora HatziioannouLaboratory of Retrovirology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA. thatziio@rockefeller.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7889-0766
Paul D BieniaszLaboratory of Retrovirology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA. pbieniasz@rockefeller.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2368-3719
Rockefeller University · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering MST ProgramT32GM007739 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI HSU, KATHARINE C · 1985 to 2023
$51.1M
Developing, Demonstrating, and Disseminating Innovative Programs to Achieve Translational SuccessUL1TR001866 · NCATS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI COLLER, BARRY, KRUEGER, JAMES G · 2016 to 2025
$40.6M
Understanding B cell memory in response to diverse virus infectionsU19AI111825 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI BOURNAZOS, STYLIANOS · 2014 to 2023
$26.0M
Overcoming Host Restriction Factors to Develop Better Animal Models for HIV/AIDS.R01AI078788 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI HATZIIOANNOU, THEODORA · 2008 to 2021
$9.3M
RNA Protein interactions in HIV-1 replicationR01AI050111 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI BIENIASZ, PAUL D. · 2001 to 2021
$7.9M
Discovery and Mechanism of Antiretroviral FactorsR37AI064003 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI BIENIASZ, PAUL D. · 2011 to 2020
$4.9M
Elucidating antiviral defenses against diverse immunodeficiency viruses using a novel, high-throughput CRISPR/Cas9 screening method.F30AI157898 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI POSTON, DANIEL · 2021 to 2024
$191k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001866NIAID NIH HHS F30 AI157898NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050111NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI078788NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI064003NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI111825NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007739NIH HHS 2U19 AI111825
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The number and variability of the neutralizing epitopes targeted by polyclonal antibodies in individuals who are SARS-CoV-2 convalescent and vaccinated are key determinants of neutralization breadth and the genetic barrier to viral escape

Indexed as

Immune EvasionMutationAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralConvalescenceCOVID-19Cross ReactionsHumansImmune SeraNeutralization TestsSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralImmune SeraSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34544114
PMCPMC9241107
OpenAlexW3199620752

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