SARS-CoV-2

Davide F Robbiani1,2, Christian Gaebler3, Frauke Muecksch4

  • 1Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA. drobbiani@irb.usi.ch.

Nature
|June 20, 2020
PubMed
まとめ

ほとんどのCOVID-19患者には中和抗体が少ないが,SARS-CoV-2受容体結合領域 (RBD) を標的とした希少で強力な抗体は一貫して発見されている. これらの再発性抗体は,広範に有効なワクチンの潜在的な標的を示唆しています.

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