Nature Communications (May 2021)

Functional and structural characterization of a two-MAb cocktail for delayed treatment of enterovirus D68 infections

  • Chao Zhang,
  • Cong Xu,
  • Wenlong Dai,
  • Yifan Wang,
  • Zhi Liu,
  • Xueyang Zhang,
  • Xuesong Wang,
  • Haikun Wang,
  • Sitang Gong,
  • Yao Cong,
  • Zhong Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23199-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Although enterovirus D68 poses a major global threat to children, neither vaccines nor therapeutics are currently available. Using Cryo-EM, Zhang et al. show that two murine-derived monoclonal antibodies with therapeutic efficacy neutralize virions via binding to the canyon region, creating steric hindrance for sialic acid receptor binding.