{"title":"SARS-CoV-2 morphology, genome, life cycle and our bodies’ immune response: a review","authors":"Ilyes Zatla, L. Boublenza, H. Hassaine","doi":"10.31300/ctvr.18.2021.15-24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31300/ctvr.18.2021.15-24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92772,"journal":{"name":"Current Topics In Virology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45401658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SARS-CoV-2 origin, classification and transmission: a mini-review","authors":"Ilyes Zatla, L. Boublenza, H. Hassaine","doi":"10.31300/ctvr.18.2021.31-38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31300/ctvr.18.2021.31-38","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92772,"journal":{"name":"Current Topics In Virology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45810571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U. Abbas, An-Lin Cheng, Shitalkumar Patel, Sidra Younus, G. Rivero, T. Lasco, M. Mohajer
{"title":"Clinical spectrum of COVID-19 and plasma angiotensin II levels","authors":"U. Abbas, An-Lin Cheng, Shitalkumar Patel, Sidra Younus, G. Rivero, T. Lasco, M. Mohajer","doi":"10.31300/ctvr.18.2021.25-30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31300/ctvr.18.2021.25-30","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92772,"journal":{"name":"Current Topics In Virology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46450970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Allison S Thomas, Melissa Ghulam-Smith, Manish Sagar
{"title":"Neutralization and beyond: Antibodies and HIV-1 acquisition.","authors":"Allison S Thomas, Melissa Ghulam-Smith, Manish Sagar","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is widely accepted that an effective HIV-1 preventative vaccine must elicit antibodies that can block virus acquisition. Although, anti-HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) have been isolated, unfortunately, no vaccine immunogens have been designed that can elicit these bnAbs in uninfected at-risk individuals. Some studies have suggested that other antibody functionalities, besides neutralization, such as antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), may prevent HIV-1 acquisition. In contrast to bnAbs, ADCC-inducing antibodies may be more amenable to elicitation by current vaccine technologies. This review will provide clarity about the role of nAbs and ADCC-inducing antibodies in preventing transmission, highlight mechanisms that potentially explain how ADCC-mediating antibodies may work, and speculate about the generation of these novel protective antibodies. Anti-HIV-1 ADCC-inducing antibodies may provide a new avenue for developing an effective HIV-1 vaccine.</p>","PeriodicalId":92772,"journal":{"name":"Current Topics In Virology","volume":"15 ","pages":"73-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6884343/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141735894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}