A broadly protective therapeutic antibody against influenza B virus with two mechanisms of action
oleh: Ning Chai, Lee R. Swem, Summer Park, Gerald Nakamura, Nancy Chiang, Alberto Estevez, Rina Fong, Lynn Kamen, Elviza Kho, Mike Reichelt, Zhonghua Lin, Henry Chiu, Elizabeth Skippington, Zora Modrusan, Jeremy Stinson, Min Xu, Patrick Lupardus, Claudio Ciferri, Man-Wah Tan
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2017-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Influenza B virus (IBV) co-circulates with influenza A virus to cause annual epidemics. Here, Chaiet al. isolate a human monoclonal antibody that binds to a conserved epitope in the viral HA protein, neutralizes IBV strains in vitro, and protects mice against IBV infection.