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ArticleiScience2022

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunoadhesin remains effective against Omicron and other emerging variants of concern.

Hadas Cohen-Dvashi, Jonathan Weinstein, Michael Katz, Maayan Eilon-Ashkenazy, Yuval Mor, Amir Shimon, Hagit Achdout, Hadas Tamir, Tomer Israely, Romano Strobelt and 6 more

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Article in iScience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Hadas Cohen-DvashiDepartment of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Jonathan WeinsteinDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Michael KatzDepartment of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Maayan Eilon-AshkenazyDepartment of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Yuval MorDepartment of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Amir ShimonDepartment of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Hagit AchdoutDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel.
Hadas TamirDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel.
Tomer IsraelyDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel.
Romano StrobeltDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Maya ShemeshDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Liat Stoler-BarakDepartment of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Ziv ShulmanDepartment of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Nir ParanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel.
Sarel Jacob FleishmanDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Ron DiskinDepartment of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blocking the interaction of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with its angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor was proved to be an effective therapeutic option. Various protein binders as well as monoclonal antibodies that effectively target the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2 to prevent interaction with ACE2 were developed. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants that accumulate alterations in the RBD can severely affect the efficacy of such immunotherapeutic agents, as is indeed the case with Omicron that resists many of the previously isolated monoclonal antibodies. Here, we evaluate an ACE2-based immunoadhesin that we have developed early in the pandemic against some of the recent variants of concern (VoCs), including the Delta and the Omicron variants. We show that our ACE2-immunoadhesin remains effective in neutralizing these variants, suggesting that immunoadhesin-based immunotherapy is less prone to escape by the virus and has a potential to remain effective against future VoCs.

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PMID36188189
PMCPMC9514956

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