Antibodies and vaccines against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has spread through 27 countries and infected more than 2,200 people since its first outbreak in Saudi Arabia in 2012. The high fatality rate (35.4%) of this novel coronavirus and its persistent wide spread infectiousness in animal reservoirs have generated tremendous global public health concern. However, no licensed therapeutic agents or vaccines against MERS-CoV are currently available and only a limited few have entered clinical trials. Among all the potential targets of MERS-CoV, the spike glycoprotein (S) has been the most well-studied due to its critical role in mediating viral entry and in inducing a protective antibody response in infected individuals. The most notable studies include the recent discoveries of monoclonal antibodies and development of candidate vaccines against the S glycoprotein. Structural characterization of MERS-CoV S protein bound with these monoclonal antibodies has provided insights into the mechanisms of humoral immune responses against MERS-CoV infection. The current review aims to highlight these developments and discuss possible hurdles and strategies to translate these discoveries into ultimate medical interventions against MERS-CoV infection.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Emerging microbes & infections - 8(2019), 1 vom: 01., Seite 841-856

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Jiuyang [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Wenxu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Pengfei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Senyan [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Xuanling [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xinquan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Linqi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
Coronavirus
Journal Article
MERS-CoV
Monoclonal antibody
Review
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike glycoprotein
Vaccine
Viral Vaccines

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.09.2019

Date Revised 25.02.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/22221751.2019.1624482

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM297863665