D614G Spike Mutation Increases SARS CoV-2 Susceptibility to Neutralization

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Assessment of Maternal and Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load, Transplacental Antibody Transfer, and Placental Pathology in Pregnancies During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Edlow AG, Li JZ, Collier AY, Atyeo C, James KE, Boatin AA, Gray KJ, Bordt EA, Shook LL, Yonker LM, Fasano A, Diouf K, Croul N, Devane S, Yockey LJ, Lima R, Shui J, Matute JD, Lerou PH, Akinwunmi BO, Schmidt A, Feldman J, Hauser BM, Caradonna TM, De la Flor D, D’Avino P, Regan J, Corry H, Coxen K, Fajnzylber J, Pepin D, Seaman MS, Barouch DH, Walker BD, Yu XG, Kaimal AJ, Roberts DJ, Alter G. Assessment of Maternal and Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load, Transplacental Antibody Transfer, and Placental Pathology in Pregnancies During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Dec 1;3(12):e2030455. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.30455. PMID: 33351086; PMCID: PMC7756241.

HIV-1 replication complexes accumulate in nuclear speckles and integrate into speckle-associated genomic domains

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Francis AC, Marin M, Singh PK, Achuthan V, Prellberg MJ, Palermino-Rowland K, Lan S, Tedbury PR, Sarafianos SG, Engelman AN, Melikyan GB. HIV-1 replication complexes accumulate in nuclear speckles and integrate into speckle-associated genomic domains. Nat Commun. 2020 Jul 14;11(1):3505. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17256-8. Erratum in: Nat Commun. 2020 Nov 26;11(1):6165. PMID: 32665593; PMCID: PMC7360574.

Immunogenicity, safety, and efficacy of sequential immunizations with an SIV-based IDLV expressing CH505 Envs

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Blasi M, Negri D, Saunders KO, Baker EJ, Stadtler H, LaBranche C, Mildenberg B, Morton G, Ciarla A, Shen X, Wang Y, Rountree W, Balakumaran B, Santra S, Haynes BF, Moody AM, Cara A, Klotman ME. Immunogenicity, safety, and efficacy of sequential immunizations with an SIV-based IDLV expressing CH505 Envs. NPJ Vaccines. 2020 Nov 18;5(1):107. doi: 10.1038/s41541-020-00252-w. PMID: 33298954; PMCID: PMC7674457.

Sustained maternal antibody and cellular immune responses in pregnant women infected with Zika virus and mother to infant transfer of Zika-specific antibodies

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Collier AY, Borducchi EN, Chandrashekar A, Moseley E, Peter L, Teodoro NS, Nkolola J, Abbink P, Barouch DH. Sustained maternal antibody and cellular immune responses in pregnant women infected with Zika virus and mother to infant transfer of Zika-specific antibodies. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2020 Oct;84(4):e13288. doi: 10.1111/aji.13288. Epub 2020 Jul 1. PMID: 32557984; PMCID: PMC7722125.

Structural and mechanistic bases for a potent HIV-1 capsid inhibitor

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Bester SM, Wei G, Zhao H, Adu-Ampratwum D, Iqbal N, Courouble VV, Francis AC, Annamalai AS, Singh PK, Shkriabai N, Van Blerkom P, Morrison J, Poeschla EM, Engelman AN, Melikyan GB, Griffin PR, Fuchs JR, Asturias FJ, Kvaratskhelia M. Structural and mechanistic bases for a potent HIV-1 capsid inhibitor. Science. 2020 Oct 16;370(6514):360-364. doi: 10.1126/science.abb4808. PMID: 33060363; PMCID: PMC7831379.

Compassionate Use of Remdesivir in Pregnant Women with Severe Covid-19

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Burwick RM, Yawetz S, Stephenson KE, Collier AY, Sen P, Blackburn BG, Kojic EM, Hirshberg A, Suarez JF, Sobieszczyk ME, Marks KM, Mazur S, Big C, Manuel O, Morlin G, Rose SJ, Naqvi M, Goldfarb IT, DeZure A, Telep L, Tan SK, Zhao Y, Hahambis T, Hindman J, Chokkalingam AP, Carter C, Das M, Osinusi AO, Brainard DM, Varughese TA, Kovalenko O, Sims MD, Desai S, Swamy G, Sheffield JS, Zash R, Short WR. Compassionate Use of Remdesivir in Pregnant Women with Severe Covid-19. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 8:ciaa1466. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1466. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33031500; PMCID: PMC7797739.

CPSF6-Dependent Targeting of Speckle-Associated Domains Distinguishes Primate from Nonprimate Lentiviral Integration

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Li W, Singh PK, Sowd GA, Bedwell GJ, Jang S, Achuthan V, Oleru AV, Wong D, Fadel HJ, Lee K, KewalRamani VN, Poeschla EM, Herschhorn A, Engelman AN. CPSF6-Dependent Targeting of Speckle-Associated Domains Distinguishes Primate from Nonprimate Lentiviral Integration. mBio. 2020 Sep 29;11(5):e02254-20. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02254-20. PMID: 32994325; PMCID: PMC7527728.

Ad26 vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 severe clinical disease in hamsters

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Single-shot Ad26 vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques

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Mercado, N.B., Zahn, R., Wegmann, F. et al. Single-shot Ad26 vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques. Nature (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2607-z