Plant-based vaccines and antibodies to combat COVID-19 : current status and prospects

Globally, researchers are undertaking significant efforts to design and develop effective vaccines, therapeutics, and antiviral drugs to curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Plants have been used for the production of vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, immunomodulatory proteins, drugs, and pharmaceuticals via molecular farming/transient expression system and are considered as bioreactors or factories for their bulk production. These biological products are stable, safe, effective, easily available, and affordable. Plant molecular farming could facilitate rapid production of biologics on an industrial scale, and has the potential to fulfill emergency demands, such as in the present situation of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article aims to describe the methodology and basics of plant biopharming, in addition to its prospective applications for developing effective vaccines and antibodies to counter COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics - 16(2020), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 2913-2920

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dhama, Kuldeep [VerfasserIn]
Natesan, Senthilkumar [VerfasserIn]
Iqbal Yatoo, Mohd [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Shailesh Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Tiwari, Ruchi [VerfasserIn]
Saxena, Shailendra K [VerfasserIn]
Harapan, Harapan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Viral
Antiviral Agents
Biological Products
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Journal Article
Molecular farming
Phytochemicals
Review
SARS-CoV-2
Transgenic plants
Vaccines
Viral Vaccines

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.01.2021

Date Revised 08.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/21645515.2020.1842034

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318366355