Università della Svizzera italiana

Therapeutic efficacy of antibodies lacking FcγR against lethal dengue virus infection is due to neutralizing potency and blocking of enhancing antibodies

Williams, Katherine L. ; Sukupolvi-Petty, Soila ; Beltramello, Martina ; Johnson, Syd ; Sallusto, Federica ; Lanzavecchia, Antonio ; Diamond, Michael S. ; Harris, Eva

In: Plos pathogens, 2013, vol. 9, no. 2, p. e1003157

Dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS) are life-threatening complications following infection with one of the four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV). At present, no vaccine or antiviral therapies are available against dengue. Here, we characterized a panel of eight human or mouse-human chimeric monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and their modified variants lacking effector...