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Achieving cross-reactivity with pan-ebolavirus antibodies.


ABSTRACT: Filoviruses are the causative agents of highly lethal outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa. Although an experimental vaccine and several therapeutics are being deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo to combat the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak, these therapies are specific for only one filovirus species. There is currently significant interest in developing broadly reactive monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with utility against the variety of ebolaviruses that may emerge. Thus far, the primary target of these mAbs has been the viral spike glycoprotein (GP). Here we present an overview of GP-targeted antibodies that exhibit broad reactivity and the structural characteristics that could confer this cross-reactivity. We also discuss how these structural features could be leveraged to design vaccine antigens that elicit cross-reactive antibodies.

SUBMITTER: King LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6611554 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Achieving cross-reactivity with pan-ebolavirus antibodies.

King Liam B LB   Milligan Jacob C JC   West Brandyn R BR   Schendel Sharon L SL   Ollmann Saphire Erica E  

Current opinion in virology 20190201


Filoviruses are the causative agents of highly lethal outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa. Although an experimental vaccine and several therapeutics are being deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo to combat the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak, these therapies are specific for only one filovirus species. There is currently significant interest in developing broadly reactive monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with utility against the variety of ebolaviruses that may emerge. Thus far, the primary target  ...[more]

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