Article
Synthetically engineered IgG1 antibody Fc fragments presenting influenza A virus receptor sialic acid inhibit viral haemagglutination activity, but enhance virus replication in cultured A549 cells
2022-10-07
Abstract excerpt
Many clinically important viruses, including influenza A, SARS-CoV-1, adenoviruses, and DNA tumour viruses such as Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus use multivalent binding to sialic acid (SA) to infect cells, or to modulate immune responses through interactions with sialylated attachment factors that facilitate virus infectivity and/or host survival. Molecular scaffolds rich in SA that bind virions with high avidity m...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 44a84e37-5b61-51d0-bfcc-9b11f7072001
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.10.06.511107
