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Editor, Senior Moderator
Stem Cell Reports
. 2021 Mar 9;16(3):398-411.
doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2020.12.010.
Broad-Spectrum Anti-coronavirus Vaccines and Therapeutics to Combat the Current COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Coronavirus Disease Outbreaks
Miao Cao[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Xiaojie Su[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shibo Jiang[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
While the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 is continuing, it may become worse in the coming winter months with a high potential for the emergence and spread of escape variants of SARS-CoV-2. SARS-related CoVs (SARSr-CoVs) from bats may also cause outbreaks of emerging coronavirus diseases in the future. These predictions call for the development of broad-spectrum anti-coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics to combat the current COVID-19 pandemic and future emerging coronavirus disease epidemics. In this review, we describe advances and challenges in the development of broad-spectrum vaccines and neutralizing antibodies against lineage B betacoronaviruses (?-CoV-Bs), including SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and SARSr-CoVs, as well as peptide-based pan-CoV fusion inhibitors and their potential in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 and other human coronavirus infections.
Keywords: COVID-19; broad-spectrum; coronavirus; spike protein; therapeutic; vaccine.
. 2021 Mar 9;16(3):398-411.
doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2020.12.010.
Broad-Spectrum Anti-coronavirus Vaccines and Therapeutics to Combat the Current COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Coronavirus Disease Outbreaks
Miao Cao[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Xiaojie Su[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shibo Jiang[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33691145
- DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2020.12.010
Abstract
While the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 is continuing, it may become worse in the coming winter months with a high potential for the emergence and spread of escape variants of SARS-CoV-2. SARS-related CoVs (SARSr-CoVs) from bats may also cause outbreaks of emerging coronavirus diseases in the future. These predictions call for the development of broad-spectrum anti-coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics to combat the current COVID-19 pandemic and future emerging coronavirus disease epidemics. In this review, we describe advances and challenges in the development of broad-spectrum vaccines and neutralizing antibodies against lineage B betacoronaviruses (?-CoV-Bs), including SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and SARSr-CoVs, as well as peptide-based pan-CoV fusion inhibitors and their potential in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 and other human coronavirus infections.
Keywords: COVID-19; broad-spectrum; coronavirus; spike protein; therapeutic; vaccine.