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ArticleBioengineering & translational medicine2024

Engineering a "muco-trapping" ACE2-immunoglobulin hybrid with picomolar affinity as an inhaled, pan-variant immunotherapy for COVID-19.

Karthik Tiruthani, Carlos Cruz-Teran, Jasper F W Chan, Alice Ma, Morgan McSweeney, Whitney Wolf, Shoufeng Yuan, Vincent K M Poon, Chris C S Chan, Lakshmi Botta and 10 more

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Article in Bioengineering & translational medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Karthik TiruthaniDivision of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USA.
Carlos Cruz-TeranDivision of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USA.
Jasper F W ChanState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China.
Alice MaUNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USA.
Morgan McSweeneyInhalon Biopharma, Inc. Morrisville North Carolina USA.
Whitney WolfDivision of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USA.
Shoufeng YuanState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China.
Vincent K M PoonState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China.
Chris C S ChanState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China.
Lakshmi BottaInhalon Biopharma, Inc. Morrisville North Carolina USA.
Brian FarrerInhalon Biopharma, Inc. Morrisville North Carolina USA.
Ian StewartRTI International Research Triangle Park North Carolina USA.
Alison SchaeferUNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USA.
Jasmine EdelsteinUNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USA.
Priya KumarDepartment of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine University of North Carolina Chapel Hill North Carolina USA.
Harendra AroraDepartment of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine University of North Carolina Chapel Hill North Carolina USA.
Jeff T HutchinsInhalon Biopharma, Inc. Morrisville North Carolina USA.
Anthony J HickeyRTI International Research Triangle Park North Carolina USA.
Kwok-Yung YuenState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China.
Samuel K LaiDivision of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4721-528X

Funding

Re-Entry Supplement: Investigation of Oral Microbial Enzymes for the Detection and Treatment of Periodontal DiseaseUL1TR002489 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BUSE, JOHN BERNARD, SHAHEEN, NICHOLAS J · 2018 to 2022
$48.6M
North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS)UM1TR004406 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI NICHOLAS J SHAHEEN · 2023 to 2026
$37.5M
Aerosol immunotherapy for treatment of human metapneumovirus infectionR43AI149894 · NIAID · MUCOMMUNE, LLC · PI CONE, RICHARD · 2020 to 2020
$262k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002489NCATS NIH HHS UM1 TR004406NIAID NIH HHS R43 AI149894
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) can act as a decoy molecule that neutralizes severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by blocking spike (S) proteins on virions from binding ACE2 on host cells. Based on structural insights of ACE2 and S proteins, we designed a "muco-trapping" ACE2-Fc conjugate, termed ACE2-(G

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ACE2antibodyCOVID‐19drug deliveryimmunodecoyinhaled deliverymonoclonal antibodySARS‐CoV‐2

Identifiers

PMID39036085
PMCPMC11256170

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