Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

A therapeutic neutralizing antibody targeting receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

  • Cheolmin Kim,
  • Dong-Kyun Ryu,
  • Jihun Lee,
  • Young-Il Kim,
  • Ji-Min Seo,
  • Yeon-Gil Kim,
  • Jae-Hee Jeong,
  • Minsoo Kim,
  • Jong-In Kim,
  • Pankyeom Kim,
  • Jin Soo Bae,
  • Eun Yeong Shim,
  • Min Seob Lee,
  • Man Su Kim,
  • Hanmi Noh,
  • Geun-Soo Park,
  • Jae Sang Park,
  • Dain Son,
  • Yongjin An,
  • Jeong No Lee,
  • Ki-Sung Kwon,
  • Joo-Yeon Lee,
  • Hansaem Lee,
  • Jeong-Sun Yang,
  • Kyung-Chang Kim,
  • Sung Soon Kim,
  • Hye-Min Woo,
  • Jun-Won Kim,
  • Man-Seong Park,
  • Kwang-Min Yu,
  • Se-Mi Kim,
  • Eun-Ha Kim,
  • Su-Jin Park,
  • Seong Tae Jeong,
  • Chi Ho Yu,
  • Youngjo Song,
  • Se Hun Gu,
  • Hanseul Oh,
  • Bon-Sang Koo,
  • Jung Joo Hong,
  • Choong-Min Ryu,
  • Wan Beom Park,
  • Myoung-don Oh,
  • Young Ki Choi,
  • Soo-Young Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20602-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Therapies and vaccines for COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 viral pandemic, are urgently needed. Here the authors establish and screen an antibody library from a convalescent COVID-19 patient to isolate a neutralizing antibody with the ability to reduce viral titer and alleviate symptoms in ferret, hamster, and rhesus monkey infection models.