Human antibodies targeting Zika virus NS1 provide protection against disease in a mouse model

Zika virus infection can cause severe disease in humans and there are currently no specific treatments or vaccines. Here, Bailey et al. isolate antibodies recognizing non-structural protein NS1 and show that they protect mice from disease by an Fc-dependent, non-neutralizing mechanism.

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Autores principales: Mark J. Bailey, James Duehr, Harrison Dulin, Felix Broecker, Julia A. Brown, Fortuna O. Arumemi, Maria C. Bermúdez González, Victor H. Leyva-Grado, Matthew J. Evans, Viviana Simon, Jean K. Lim, Florian Krammer, Rong Hai, Peter Palese, Gene S. Tan
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/903f1b10954c412ebb5d22ba6f570d2b
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Sumario:Zika virus infection can cause severe disease in humans and there are currently no specific treatments or vaccines. Here, Bailey et al. isolate antibodies recognizing non-structural protein NS1 and show that they protect mice from disease by an Fc-dependent, non-neutralizing mechanism.