Breakthrough therapy designation of nirsevimab for the prevention of lower respiratory tract illness caused by respiratory syncytial virus infections (RSV)

Author(s):  
Harrison C. Bergeron ◽  
Ralph A. Tripp
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruchi Jain ◽  
Shanmughavel Piramanayagam

HRSV (human respiratory syncytial virus) is a serious cause of lower respiratory tract illness in infants and young children. Designing inhibitors from the proteins involved in virus replication and infection process provides target for new therapeutic treatments. In the present study,in silicodocking was performed using motavizumab as a template to design motavizumab derived oligopeptides for developing novel anti-HRSV agents. Additional simulations were conducted to study the conformational propensities of the oligopeptides and confirmed the hypothesis that the designed oligopeptide is highly flexible and capable of assuming stable confirmation. Our study demonstrated the best specific interaction of GEKKLVEAPKS oligopeptide for glycoprotein strain A among various screened oligopeptides. Encouraged by the results, we expect that the proposed scheme will provide rational choices for antibody reengineering which is useful for systematically identifying the possible ways to improve efficacy of existing antibody drugs.


2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (14) ◽  
pp. 2422-2432 ◽  
Author(s):  
José R. Romero ◽  
Dan L. Stewart ◽  
Erin K. Buysman ◽  
Ancilla W. Fernandes ◽  
Hasan S. Jafri ◽  
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