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Coronavirus Studies in Nonhuman Primate Models

This page provides a curated list of coronavirus studies and reviews using nonhuman primate (NHP) models.

Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: pathogenesis, review
NPRC/Institute: State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Centre for Respiratory Disease, National Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510182, China; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, animal models, immune response, multiomics, variety of animal species, primates
Summary of Study: Immunity in animal models
References: PMID: 38238440 PMCID: PMC10806257 DOI: 10.1038/s41423-023-01122-w
Contact Info: Jing Sun: sj-ji@163.com
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41423-023-01122-w
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: cynomolgus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Center for Immunology of Viral, Auto-immune, Hematological and Bacterial diseases (IMVA-HB/IDMIT), Université Paris-Saclay, Inserm, CEA, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, VLA2001 vaccine, immunogenicity, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Immunogenicity and efficacy of VLA2001 vaccine
References: PMID: 38570605 PMCID: PMC10991505 DOI: 10.1038/s43856-024-00488-w
Contact Info: Roger LeGrand: roger.le-grand@cea.fr
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-024-00488-w
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: cynomolgus macaques, rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: pathogenesis
NPRC/Institute: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, olfactory mucosa, immune response, melanocytes primates
Summary of Study: Inflammation and intracranial infection through the olfactory epithelium-olfactory bulb pathway
References: PMID: 38237527 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2024.578288
Contact Info: Shino Shimizu: sshino@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165572824000067?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: cynomolgus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: pathogenesis
NPRC/Institute: Division of Pathogenesis and Disease Regulation, Department of Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan; Central Research Laboratory, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, CD38, endothelial cells, lungs, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Increased expression of CD38 on endothelial cells in SARS-CoV-2 infection
References: PMID: 38507920 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2024.110052
Contact Info: Yasushi Itoh: yasushii@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042682224000734?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Vaxart, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus vaccine, immunogenicity, mucosal, primates
Summary of Study: Adenoviral Vaccine Elicits Mucosal and Systemic Immunogenicity and Reduces Viral Shedding
References: PMID: 38400116 PMCID: PMC10893453 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines12020132
Contact Info: Becca Flitter: bflitter@vaxart.com
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/12/2/132
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: cynomolgus macaques, rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: therapeutics
NPRC/Institute: Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, PA; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, monoclonal antibody, DNA-encoded, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Engineered synthetic DNA-encoded SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies for pre-exposure prophylaxis
References: PMID: 38165394 DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2023.2294860
Contact Info: Heinz Feldman: feldmannh@niaid.nih.gov
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2023.2294860
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, bone marrow LLPCs, spike protein vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Adjuvanted spike protein vaccination elicits long-lived plasma cells
References: PMID: 38170789 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.add5960
Contact Info: Robert Seder: rseder@mail.nih.gov
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.add5960?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rf…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: pathogenesis, review
NPRC/Institute: W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pregnancy, pathogenesis, different viruses, animal species, primates
Summary of Study: Pathogenesis of viral infections during pregnancy
References: PMID: 38421182 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00073-23
Contact Info: Sabra Klein: sklein2@jhu.edu
URL: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/cmr.00073-23?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=or…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Emerging Infectious Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, spike Ferritin Nanoparticle (SpFN) vaccine, neutralizing antibodies, primates
Summary of Study: Neutralizing antibodies elicited upon Spike Ferritin Nanoparticle vaccination
References: PMID: 38172512 PMCID: PMC10764318 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44265-0
Contact Info: Shelly Krebs: skrebs@hivresearch.org
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44265-0
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: cynomolgus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Research & Development Center, Cellid Co., Ltd., Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, multivalent vaccine, adenovirus vector, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Multivalent COVID-19 vaccines against emerging variants based on Ad5/35 platform
References: PMID: 38408238 PMCID: PMC10927586 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2313681121
Contact Info: Chang-Yuil Kang: cykang@snu.ac.kr
URL: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2313681121?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: pathogenesis
NPRC/Institute: Institute of Medical biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical School (IMBCAMS&PUMC), 5 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100021, China; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, gastrointestinal infection, virus variants, immune response, microbiota, primates
Summary of Study: Gastrointestinal microbiota and metabolites possibly contribute to distinct pathogenicity
References: PMID: 38563680 PMCID: PMC10989708 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2024.2334970
Contact Info: Xiaozhong Peng: pengxiaozhong@pumc.edu.cn
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19490976.2024.2334970
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, bivalent mRNA vaccine, virus variants, SIV, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Neutralizing antibody response to bivalent mRNA vaccine
References: PMID: 38528837 PMCID: PMC10987079 (available on 2025-03-01) DOI: 10.1002/jmv.29520
Contact Info: Huanbin Xu: hxu@tulane.edu; Shan-Lu Lui: liu.6244@osu.edu
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.29520
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Stemirna Therapeutics, Shanghai 201206, China; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA vaccine, immune response, safety profile, rodents, primates
Summary of Study: Inoculation site-retained mRNA vaccine
References: PMID: 38184234 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2024.01.002
Contact Info: Haifa Shen: haifashen@gmail.com
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168365924000063?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: therapeutics
NPRC/Institute: Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, antibody therapy, filamentous fungus expression system, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Filamentous fungus-produced human monoclonal antibody provides protection
References: PMID: 38485931 PMCID: PMC10940701 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46443-0
Contact Info: Bart L. Haagmans: b.haagmans@erasmusmc.nl
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10940701/
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: pathogenesis
NPRC/Institute: Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, School of Ophthalmology, Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus receptor proteins, ocular hypertension, immunofluorescence, humans and primates
Summary of Study: Expression of SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 and Protease TMPRSS2 in Ocular Hypertension
References: PMID: 38212998 DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2023.2291749
Contact Info: Jun-Li: doctor_li@126.com
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02713683.2023.2291749
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, School of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, receptor-binding domain, virus variants, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 and JN.1 by CF501 adjuvant-enhanced immune responses targeting the conserved epitopes in ancestral RBD
References: PMID: 38428429 PMCID: PMC10983032 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2024.101445
Contact Info: Lu Lu: lul@fudon@edu.cn
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666379124000685?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: pathogenesis, review
NPRC/Institute: Research & Development-Science, Research and Innovation, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, South Mimms, Hertfordshire EN6 3QG, UK.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, host genetics, emerging viruses, global public health, primates
Summary of Study: Host immunogenetics on infectious disease studies
References: PMID: 38257982 PMCID: PMC10818626 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12010155
Contact Info: Neil Berry: neil.berry@mhra.gov.uk
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/1/155
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: cynomolgus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Department of Advanced Nanomedical Engineering, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA delivery, jet injector; lipid nanoparticle, mRNA vaccine, primates
Summary of Study: Carrier-free mRNA vaccine induces robust immunity
References: PMID: 38569556 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.03.022
Contact Info: Satoshi Uchida: uchida.anme@tmd.ac.jp
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1525001624001631?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Immunology and Allergy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Novavax’s protein vaccines, immune response, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: Novavax protein vaccines increase antibody breadth and provide durable protection
References: PMID: 38245545 PMCID: PMC10799869 DOI: 10.1038/s41541-024-00806-2
Contact Info: Karin Loré: karin.lore@ki.se
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-024-00806-2
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, cynomolgus macaques, sooty mangabeys
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: therapeutics, review
NPRC/Institute: Laboratory of Liver Infectious Diseases, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, preclinical animal model, therapeutic antibodies, immune response, rodents, primates
Summary of Study: Preclinical animal models to evaluate therapeutic antiviral antibodies
References: PMID: 38548022 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2024.105843
Contact Info: Phlip Meuleman: meuleman@ugent.be
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354224000512?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Vaxine Pty Ltd., 11-13 Walkley Avenue, Warradale, SA 5046, Australia; BIOQUAL, Inc., 9600 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850-3336, USA
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, recombinant protein vaccine, immune response, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: Recombinant protein-based vaccine delivered by intramuscular and mucosal routes
References: PMID: 38262808 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.01.034
Contact Info: Nikolai Petrovsky: nikolai.petrovsky@vaxine.net
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X24000343?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: pathogenesis
NPRC/Institute: Guangzhou Laboratory, Bio-island, Guangzhou, China: others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Siglec-9, bivalent vaccines, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants targets Siglec-9 to decrease its immunogenicity by preventing macrophage phagocytosis
References: PMID: 38454157 DOI: 10.1038/s41590-024-01776-2
Contact Info: Hui Zhang: zhangh92@mail.sysu.edu.cn
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-024-01776-2
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: pathogenesis
NPRC/Institute: Laboratory of Virology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA; Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, aerosols, inoculation route, virus replication, tropism, primates
Summary of Study: Upper vs. lower respiratory virus replication
References: PMID: 38261786 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae018
Contact Info: Neeltje van Doremalen: neeltje.vandoremalen@nih.gov
URL: https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiae018/7585664…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2024
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA vaccine, lipopolyplex, immunogenicity, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: Broad-spectrum Delta-BA.2 tandem-fused heterodimer mRNA vaccine delivered by lipopolyplex
References: PMID: 38557908 PMCID: PMC11008869 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012116
Contact Info: George Fu Gao: gaof@im.ac.cn
URL: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1012116
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland; Adimab LLC, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Invivyd, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Adintrevimab, prophylactics, viral load, pathology, hamsters, primates
Summary of Study: Monoclonal Antibody Adintrevimab Protects against COVID-19
References: doi: 10.1128/aac.01353-22
Contact Info: Kristin Narayan: knarayan@invivyd.com
URL: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aac.01353-22
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK USA and others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, air–liquid interface, airway epithelium, immune response, innate immunity, inflammation, primates
Summary of Study: Isolation and in vitro differentiation of primary fetal baboon tracheal epithelial cells for studying host-virus Interactions
References: PMID: 37112842 / doi: 10.3390/v15040862
Contact Info: Matthew Walters: Matthew-S-Walters@ouhsc.edu
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/15/4/862
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Emory National Primate Research Center, Emory School of Medicine, others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine comparison, immune response, nasopharynx, primates
Summary of Study: Efficacy of mRNA-1273 and Novavax ancestral or BA.1 spike booster vaccines
References: doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adg7015
Contact Info: Rama Rao Amara: ramara@emory.edu
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciimmunol.adg7015
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Janssen Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium and Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mechanistic modeling, vaccination, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Humoral Immunity Following Ad26.COV2.S Vaccination
References: DOI: 10.1124/jpet.123.001591
Contact Info: Anna Dari: adari1@its.jnj.com
URL: https://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/387/1/121.long
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, Moscow, Russia; Saint Petersburg Scientific Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, nucleocapsid, vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Recombinant Nucleocapsid-Based Vaccine Convacell®
References: DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11040874
Contact Info: Sevastyan Rabdano: sevastyan@rabdano.ru
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/4/874
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: therapeutics
NPRC/Institute: Oregon National Primate Research Center and numerous collaborators
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, aerosol mAb, immune response, protection, primates
Summary of Study: Aerosol delivery of monoclonal antibodies limits viral replication and lung pathology
References: PMID: 37923717 PMCID: PMC10624670 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42440-x
Contact Info: Nancy Haigwood: haigwoon@ohsu.edu
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42440-x
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA, others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, intratracheal boosting, bivalent Ad26-based vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Mucosal boosting enhances vaccine protection
References: PMID: 38096903 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06951-3
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: dbarouch@bidmc.harvard.edu
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06951-3
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China; Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, favipiravir, biodistribution and pharmacokinetics, positron emission tomography, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Evaluating Favipiravir in rodents and nonhuman primates (NHP) with positron emission tomography
References: PMID: 37111280 / doi: 10.3390/ph16040524
Contact Info: Steven Liang: steven.liang@emory.edu
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/16/4/524
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Department of Virology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan, others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, Spike (S) receptor binding domain, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: saRNA vaccine expressing membrane-anchored RBD elicits broad and durable immunity
References: doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38457-x
Contact Info: Takuya Yamamoto: yamamotot2@nibiohn.go.jp
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38457-x
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys, rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: review
NPRC/Institute: Department de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra, Spain; Unitat Mixta d'Investigació IRTA-UAB en Sanitat Animal, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain.; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, animal models, neurological and neuropsychiatric symptoms, several species, primates
Summary of Study: Animal models to study neurological manifestations
References: DOI: 10.1038/s41684-023-01231-z
Contact Info: Joaquim Segalés: joaquim.segales@irta.cat
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41684-023-01231-z
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Pathogenic Microbes and Infection, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, fusion inhibitor, IgG-binding peptide, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: IgG Fc-Binding Peptide-Conjugated Pan-CoV Fusion Inhibitor Combined with Neutralizing Antibodies
References: DOI: 10.3390/biom13091283
Contact Info: Shibo Jiang:shibojiang@fudan.edu.cn; Shuai Xia: sxia15@fudan.edu.cn
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/13/9/1283
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Novavax, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, recombinant spike protein vaccine, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: XBB.1.5 spike protein vaccine against EG.5.1 and emerging XBB variants
References: PMID: 37932354 PMCID: PMC10628164 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-46025-y
Contact Info: Gale Smith: gsmith@novavax.com
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-46025-y
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Core Unit of National Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine Hefei Anhui P. R. China, others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, antibody response, immunological memory, long?term immune response, Omicron subvariants, primates
Summary of Study: Long-term immune response to Omicron-specific mRNA vaccination
References: PMID: 38107058 PMCID: PMC10724501 DOI: 10.1002/mco2.460
Contact Info: Wei Wang: wangwei@wh.iov.cn
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10724501/
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, Center for Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, Division of Animal Resources, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, neurological symptoms, humans, mice, hamsters, ferrets, primates
Summary of Study: Animal Models for the Study of Neurologic Manifestations Of COVID-19
References: doi: 10.30802/AALAS-CM-22-000073
Contact Info: Kelsey Carpenter: kelsey.carpenter2@wayne.edu
URL: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aalas/cm/2023/00000073/00000001/art00006
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts USA; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, brain autopsies, neuropathological findings, humans, animal models, primates
Summary of Study: Review: What Can We Still Learn from Brain Autopsies in COVID-19?
References: PMID: 37023787 / doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1767716
Contact Info: Shibani Mukerji: smukerji@partners.org
URL: https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0043-17677…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China., many others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, mRNA-based T-cell-inducing antigen, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: mRNA-based T-cell-inducing antigen strengthens COVID-19 vaccine
References: doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38751-8
Contact Info: Jinzhong Lin: linjinzhong@fudan.edu.cn
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38751-8
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: prevention
NPRC/Institute: Graduate School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, 889-2155, Japan; Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Vaccine Research, Tsukuba Primate Research Center, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tsukuba, 305-0843, Japan.; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, ACE2 decoy, immune response, pathology, mice, hamsters, primates
Summary of Study: Inhaled ACE2 decoy confers protection
References: DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adi2623
Contact Info: Atsushi Hoshino: a-hoshi@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adi2623
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Executive Office, Shanghai BravoBio Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China; BravoVax Co., Ltd., Wuhan, China
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus vaccine, aerosol inhalation, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Aerosol Inhalation of Chimpanzee Adenovirus Vectors (ChAd68) Expressing Ancestral or Omicron BA.1 Stabilized Pre-Fusion Spike Glycoproteins
References: DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11091427
Contact Info: Ke Wu: ke.wu@bravovax.com
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/9/1427
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys, rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: pathogenesis
NPRC/Institute: Cognitive and Neural Science Program, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, nervous system, pathophysiology, virus persistence, primates
Summary of Study: Viral persistence in central nervous system despite clinical recovery
References: PMID: 37934362 PMCID: PMC10630293 DOI: 10.1186/s43556-023-00153-z
Contact Info: Rosemarie Booze: booze@mailbox.sc.edu
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10630293/
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, murine pneumonia virus-vectored vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Intranasal murine pneumonia virus-vectored vaccine induces mucosal and serum antibodies
References: PMID: 38144450 PMCID: PMC10746510 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108490
Contact Info: Ursula Buchholz: ubuchholz@niaid.nih.gov
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223025671?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: lemurs
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: pathogenesis
NPRC/Institute: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, 46113 Valencia, Spain; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, captive animals, one health, serological testing, primates
Summary of Study: Molecular and serological studies
References: PMID: 38200871 PMCID: PMC10778278 DOI: 10.3390/ani14010140
Contact Info: Consuelo Rubio-Guerri: rubio@bv.csic.es
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/1/140
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane NPRC; Duke University Medical Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, prophylactic administration, convalescent plasma, disease progression and severity, primates
Summary of Study: Convalescent plasma administration results in suboptimal prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 infection
References: doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1085883
Contact Info: Chad Roy: croy@tulane.edu
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1085883/full
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Emory University, Emory National Primate Research Center, others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, innate immune system, airway inflammation, humans, primates
Summary of Study: TREM2+ and interstitial-like macrophages orchestrate airway inflammation
References: PMID: 37024448 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37425-9
Contact Info: Mirko Paiardini: mirko.paiardini@emory.edu
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37425-9
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, 310000, China, others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, inactivated vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Delta (B.1.617.2) inactivated vaccine candidate elicits neutralizing antibodies
References: doi: 10.1016/j.virs.2023.05.009
Contact Info: Keda Chen: chenkd@zjsru.edu.cn
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995820X23000573?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: KRIBB School of Bioscience, Korea University of Science & Technology (UST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea; National Primate Research Centre, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk, Republic of Korea.; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, spatial transcriptome atlas, lungs, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Pulmonary microstructure-specific COVID-19 gene signatures
References: DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05253-8
Contact Info: Jung Joo Hong: hong75@kribb.re.kr
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10462721/
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys, rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2023
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of South Carolina; Tulane National Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, brain, pathology, in situ hybridization, primates
Summary of Study: SARS-CoV-2 RNA Persists in the Central Nervous System despite clinical recovery
References: DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.29.555368
Contact Info: Rosemarie Booze: booze@mailbox.sc.edu
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10491216/