Antibody drugs targeting SARS-CoV-2: Time for a rethink?

Antibody drugs targeting SARS-CoV-2: Time for a rethink?

Publication date: Jul 01, 2024

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) heavily burdens human health. Multiple neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) have been issued for emergency use or tested for treating infected patients in the clinic. However, SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) carrying mutations reduce the effectiveness of nAbs by preventing neutralization. Uncoding the mutation profile and immune evasion mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 can improve the outcome of Ab-mediated therapies. In this review, we first outline the development status of anti-SARS-CoV-2 Ab drugs and provide an overview of SARS-CoV-2 variants and their prevalence. We next focus on the failure causes of anti-SARS-CoV-2 Ab drugs and rethink the design strategy for developing new Ab drugs against COVID-19. This review provides updated information for the development of therapeutic Ab drugs against SARS-CoV-2 variants.

Concepts Keywords
Antibodies Animals
Biomed Antibodies, Monoclonal
Coronavirus Antibodies, Monoclonal
Pharmacother Antibodies, Neutralizing
Severe Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Antibodies, Viral
Antiviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
COVID-19
COVID-19 Drug Treatment
Design strategy
Humans
Immune evasion
Mutation
Mutations
SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2
Therapeutic antibody

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease VO time
disease MESH coronavirus disease 2019
disease VO Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
disease MESH emergency
disease VO effectiveness
disease MESH causes

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