Walther Mothes, PhD

2024

• Inducible cell lines producing replication-defective human immunodeficiency virus particles containing envelope glycoproteins stabilized in a pretriggered conformation.

  Ding H, Nguyen H, Li W, Deshpande A, Zhang S, Jiang F, Zhang Z, Anang S, Mothes W, Sodroski J, Kappes J. Inducible cell lines producing replication-defective human immunodeficiency virus particles containing envelope glycoproteins stabilized in a pretriggered conformation. Journal Of Virology 2024, e0172024. PMID: 39508605, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01720-24.

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• The KT Jeang retrovirology prize 2024: Walther Mothes

  Mothes W. The KT Jeang retrovirology prize 2024: Walther Mothes. Retrovirology 2024, 21: 16. PMID: 39449025, PMCID: PMC11515334, DOI: 10.1186/s12977-024-00649-8.

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• Beta Spike-Presenting SARS-CoV-2 Virus-like Particle Vaccine Confers Broad Protection against Other VOCs in Mice

  Ullah I, Symmes K, Keita K, Zhu L, Grunst M, Li W, Mothes W, Kumar P, Uchil P. Beta Spike-Presenting SARS-CoV-2 Virus-like Particle Vaccine Confers Broad Protection against Other VOCs in Mice. Vaccines 2024, 12: 1007. PMID: 39340037, PMCID: PMC11435481, DOI: 10.3390/vaccines12091007.

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• Structure and inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 spike refolding in membranes

  Grunst M, Qin Z, Dodero-Rojas E, Ding S, Prévost J, Chen Y, Hu Y, Pazgier M, Wu S, Xie X, Finzi A, Onuchic J, Whitford P, Mothes W, Li W. Structure and inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 spike refolding in membranes. Science 2024, 385: 757-765. PMID: 39146425, PMCID: PMC11449073, DOI: 10.1126/science.adn5658.

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• Design of soluble HIV-1 envelope trimers free of covalent gp120-gp41 bonds with prevalent native-like conformation

  Zhang P, Gorman J, Tsybovsky Y, Lu M, Liu Q, Gopan V, Singh M, Lin Y, Miao H, Seo Y, Kwon A, Olia A, Chuang G, Geng H, Lai Y, Zhou T, Mascola J, Mothes W, Kwong P, Lusso P. Design of soluble HIV-1 envelope trimers free of covalent gp120-gp41 bonds with prevalent native-like conformation. Cell Reports 2024, 43: 114518. PMID: 39028623, PMCID: PMC11459465, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114518.

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• Proof-of-concept studies with a computationally designed Mpro inhibitor as a synergistic combination regimen alternative to Paxlovid

  Papini C, Ullah I, Ranjan A, Zhang S, Wu Q, Spasov K, Zhang C, Mothes W, Crawford J, Lindenbach B, Uchil P, Kumar P, Jorgensen W, Anderson K. Proof-of-concept studies with a computationally designed Mpro inhibitor as a synergistic combination regimen alternative to Paxlovid. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2320713121. PMID: 38621119, PMCID: PMC11046628, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2320713121.

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• Epistatic pathways can drive HIV-1 escape from integrase strand transfer inhibitors

  Hikichi Y, Grover J, Schäfer A, Mothes W, Freed E. Epistatic pathways can drive HIV-1 escape from integrase strand transfer inhibitors. Science Advances 2024, 10: eadn0042. PMID: 38427738, PMCID: PMC10906922, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn0042.

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• Viral spike-receptor interactions monitored by cryo-electron tomograpy on membranes

  Mothes W, Li W, Grunst M, Qin Z, Nand E. Viral spike-receptor interactions monitored by cryo-electron tomograpy on membranes. Biophysical Journal 2024, 123: 24a. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.11.251.

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• Bioluminescence imaging reveals enhanced SARS-CoV-2 clearance in mice with combinatorial regimens

  Ullah I, Escudie F, Scandale I, Gilani Z, Gendron-Lepage G, Gaudette F, Mowbray C, Fraisse L, Bazin R, Finzi A, Mothes W, Kumar P, Chatelain E, Uchil P. Bioluminescence imaging reveals enhanced SARS-CoV-2 clearance in mice with combinatorial regimens. IScience 2024, 27: 109049. PMID: 38361624, PMCID: PMC10867665, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109049.

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• Bioorthogonal click labeling of an amber-free HIV-1 provirus for in-virus single molecule imaging

  Ao Y, Grover J, Gifford L, Han Y, Zhong G, Katte R, Li W, Bhattacharjee R, Zhang B, Sauve S, Qin W, Ghimire D, Haque M, Arthos J, Moradi M, Mothes W, Lemke E, Kwong P, Melikyan G, Lu M. Bioorthogonal click labeling of an amber-free HIV-1 provirus for in-virus single molecule imaging. Cell Chemical Biology 2024, 31: 487-501.e7. PMID: 38232732, PMCID: PMC10960674, DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.12.017.

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