デングーウイルス. デング熱ウイルス2型をEタンパク質二重体鎖によって中和する抗体の冷凍-EM構造

Guntur Fibriansah1, Kristie D Ibarra2, Thiam-Seng Ng1

  • 1Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore. Centre for BioImaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 4, 2015
PubMed
まとめ

新型ヒトモノクローナル抗体2D22は,DENV血清型2を標的として,重度のデング熱ウイルス感染症に対する治療的可能性を示しています. Cryo-EM構造は,この抗体がウイルスを中和する方法を明らかにし,新しいデング熱ワクチンおよび治療のための潜在的な標的を提供します.

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