The Principles of Antibody Therapy for Infectious Diseases with Relevance for COVID-19

Antibody therapies such as convalescent plasma and monoclonal antibodies have emerged as major potential therapeutics for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Immunoglobulins differ from conventional antimicrobial agents in that they mediate direct and indirect antimicrobial effects that work in co...

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Auteurs principaux: Arturo Casadevall, Liise-anne Pirofski, Michael J. Joyner
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Publié: American Society for Microbiology 2021
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Résumé:Antibody therapies such as convalescent plasma and monoclonal antibodies have emerged as major potential therapeutics for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Immunoglobulins differ from conventional antimicrobial agents in that they mediate direct and indirect antimicrobial effects that work in concert with other components of the immune system.