Search Results - "Melero, José A."
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Progress in understanding and controlling respiratory syncytial virus: Still crazy after all these years
Published in Virus research (01-12-2011)“…Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a ubiquitous pathogen that infects everyone worldwide early in life and is a leading cause of severe lower…”
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Structural, antigenic and immunogenic features of respiratory syncytial virus glycoproteins relevant for vaccine development
Published in Vaccine (11-01-2017)“…Highlights • Human RSV glycoproteins are main targets of neutralizing and protective antibodies. • Important knowledge has been gained about G protein…”
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Neutralizing antibodies against the preactive form of respiratory syncytial virus fusion protein offer unique possibilities for clinical intervention
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (21-02-2012)“…Human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) is the most important viral agent of pediatric respiratory infections worldwide. The only specific treatment available…”
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Generation and Characterization of ALX-0171, a Potent Novel Therapeutic Nanobody for the Treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection
Published in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (01-01-2016)“…Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important causative agent of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and elderly individuals. Its fusion (F)…”
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Ten Years of Global Evolution of the Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus BA Genotype with a 60-Nucleotide Duplication in the G Protein Gene
Published in Journal of Virology (01-08-2010)“…Article Usage Stats Services JVI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Structure and immunogenicity of pre-fusion-stabilized human metapneumovirus F glycoprotein
Published in Nature communications (16-11-2017)“…Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a frequent cause of bronchiolitis in young children. Its F glycoprotein mediates virus–cell membrane fusion and is the primary…”
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Lack of antibody affinity maturation due to poor Toll-like receptor stimulation leads to enhanced respiratory syncytial virus disease
Published in Nature medicine (01-01-2009)“…A formalin-inactivated vaccine from the 1960s against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) failed to protect children. Although scientists thought that its…”
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The Pneumovirinae fusion (F) protein: A common target for vaccines and antivirals
Published in Virus research (02-11-2015)“…•The Pneumoviriniae fusion (F) protein is the main target of neutralizing and protective antibodies.•Several conformations of the F protein have been…”
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Conservation of G-Protein Epitopes in Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Group A) Despite Broad Genetic Diversity: Is Antibody Selection Involved in Virus Evolution?
Published in Journal of virology (01-08-2015)“…Worldwide G-glycoprotein phylogeny of human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) group A sequences revealed diversification in major clades and genotypes over…”
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Engineering, Structure and Immunogenicity of the Human Metapneumovirus F Protein in the Postfusion Conformation
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-09-2016)“…Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a paramyxovirus that is a common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children less than five years of age. The hMPV fusion…”
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ISG15 Is Upregulated in Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection and Reduces Virus Growth through Protein ISGylation
Published in Journal of virology (01-04-2016)“…Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), for which neither a vaccine nor an effective therapeutic treatment is currently available, is the leading cause of…”
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Potent single-domain antibodies that arrest respiratory syncytial virus fusion protein in its prefusion state
Published in Nature communications (13-02-2017)“…Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the main cause of lower respiratory tract infections in young children. The RSV fusion protein (F) is highly…”
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Trivalency of a Nanobody Specific for the Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Fusion Glycoprotein Drastically Enhances Virus Neutralization and Impacts Escape Mutant Selection
Published in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (01-11-2016)“…ALX-0171 is a trivalent Nanobody derived from monovalent Nb017 that binds to antigenic site II of the human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) fusion (F)…”
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Social, economic, and health impact of the respiratory syncytial virus: a systematic search
Published in BMC infectious diseases (30-10-2014)“…Bronchiolitis caused by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and its related complications are common in infants born prematurely, with severe congenital…”
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Neutralization of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infectivity by Antibodies and Low-Molecular-Weight Compounds Targeted against the Fusion Glycoprotein
Published in Journal of Virology (15-08-2010)“…Article Usage Stats Services JVI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Influence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus F Glycoprotein Conformation on Induction of Protective Immune Responses
Published in Journal of virology (01-06-2016)“…Human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) vaccine development has received new impetus from structure-based studies of its main protective antigen, the fusion…”
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Influence of antigen conformation and mode of presentation on the antibody and protective responses against human respiratory syncytial virus: relevance for vaccine development
Published in Expert review of vaccines (02-10-2016)“…Human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) remains one of the most prevalent human pathogens for which a vaccine is still missing. After several decades of…”
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Natural History of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Inferred from Phylogenetic Analysis of the Attachment (G) Glycoprotein with a 60-Nucleotide Duplication
Published in Journal of Virology (01-01-2006)“…Article Usage Stats Services JVI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Recombinant Sendai Viruses Expressing Fusion Proteins with Two Furin Cleavage Sites Mimic the Syncytial and Receptor-Independent Infection Properties of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Published in Journal of Virology (01-03-2011)“…Article Usage Stats Services JVI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Low-pH-Induced Membrane Fusion Mediated by Human Metapneumovirus F Protein Is a Rare, Strain-Dependent Phenomenon
Published in Journal of Virology (01-09-2008)“…Article Usage Stats Services JVI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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