A stem-loop RNA RIG-I agonist protects against acute and chronic SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice
Mao T, Israelow B, Lucas C, Vogels CBF, Gomez-Calvo ML, Fedorova O, Breban MI, Menasche BL, Dong H, Linehan M, Alpert T, Anderson F, Earnest R, Fauver J, Kalinich C, Munyenyembe K, Ott I, Petrone M, Rothman J, Watkins A, Wilen C, Landry M, Grubaugh N, Pyle A, Iwasaki A. A stem-loop RNA RIG-I agonist protects against acute and chronic SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2021, 219: e20211818. PMID: 34757384, PMCID: PMC8590200, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20211818.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionChronic SARS-CoV-2 infectionVariants of concernLethal SARS-CoV-2 infectionPost-infection therapyLower respiratory tractPost-exposure treatmentType I interferonSARS-CoV-2Effective medical countermeasuresAdaptive immune systemBroad-spectrum antiviralsContext of infectionSingle doseRespiratory tractViral controlImmunodeficient miceSevere diseaseMouse modelI interferonViral infectionImmune systemInnate immunityDisease preventionConsiderable efficacyDiverse Functional Autoantibodies that Underlie Immune Perturbations in COVID-19
Mao T, Wang E, Klein J, Dai Y, Huck J, Liu F, Zheng N, Zhou T, Goldman-Israelow B, Wong P, Lucas C, Silva J, Oh J, Song E, Perotti E, Fischer S, Campbell M, Fournier J, Wyllie A, Vogels C, Ott I, Kalinich C, Petrone M, Watkins A, Cruz C, Farhadian S, Schulz W, Grubaugh N, Ko A, Iwasaki A, Ring A. Diverse Functional Autoantibodies that Underlie Immune Perturbations in COVID-19. The Journal Of Immunology 2021, 206: 114.04-114.04. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.206.supp.114.04.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSARS-CoV-2 infectionClinical outcomesSARS-CoV-2 resultsPre-existing autoantibodiesPrevalence of autoantibodiesAntiviral antibody responseCOVID-19 pathogenesisCOVID-19 patientsCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2COVID-19 diseaseFunctional autoantibodiesMurine surrogateAutoantibody responseImmune activationImmune perturbationsAutoantibody repertoireAntibody responseAutoantibody targetsSevere diseaseImmunological functionsAutoantibodiesMouse modelUninfected controlsAbstract Infection