Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

Human antibody 3E1 targets the HA stem region of H1N1 and H5N6 influenza A viruses

  • Wenshuai Wang,
  • Xiaoyu Sun,
  • Yanbing Li,
  • Jinpeng Su,
  • Zhiyang Ling,
  • Tianlong Zhang,
  • Fang Wang,
  • Hong Zhang,
  • Hualan Chen,
  • Jianping Ding,
  • Bing Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13577
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Treatment of influenza A viruses with broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies is an area of active research. Here, the authors characterise a human monoclonal antibody called 3E1 that was reactive against both H1 and H5 viruses in vitroand demonstrated some treatment efficacy in mice.