抗体的分子范围极为重要,这支着它们的病毒中和能力

Anna Huhn1, Daniel Nissley2, Daniel B Wilson1,3,4

  • 1Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Nature communications
|January 2, 2025
PubMed
概括

抗体与病毒结合,如SARS-CoV-2,取决于分子范围,而不仅仅是亲和力. 这种新模型解释了为什么某些抗体比其他抗体更好地中和病毒,从而影响治疗性抗体设计.

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