Rational design of universal immunotherapy for TfR1-tropic arenaviruses

New World arenaviruses utilize the cellular transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1) to enter host cells. Here, the authors develop a TfR1-mimetic immunoadhesin, Arenacept, that targets viral spike complexes and exerts effective pan-reactive neutralization against pathogenic mammarenaviruses.

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Main Authors: Hadas Cohen-Dvashi, Ron Amon, Krystle N. Agans, Robert W. Cross, Aliza Borenstein-Katz, Mathieu Mateo, Sylvain Baize, Vered Padler-Karavani, Thomas W. Geisbert, Ron Diskin
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/751b79cf93674fd5a0d73e4333ca7172
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