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: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing; Chinese Academy of Medicine Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; Guangzhou Laboratory; Kunming National High-level Biosafety Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus variants, virulence, pathogenesis, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Pathogenic differences of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 strain and a beta variant found the variant resulted in more severe lung injury and an elevated level of inflammatory cytokines, but a lower transmission ability.
References: PMID: 36069561 / doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02263-22
Contact Info: Junzhi Wang: [email protected]; Miao Xu: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/spectrum.02263-22?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pu…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing; Chinese Academy of Medicine Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; Guangzhou Laboratory; Kunming National High-level Biosafety Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus variants, virulence, pathogenesis, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Pathogenic differences of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 strain and a beta variant found the variant resulted in more severe lung injury and an elevated level of inflammatory cytokines, but a lower transmission ability.
References: PMID: 36069561 / doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02263-22
Contact Info: Junzhi Wang: [email protected]; Miao Xu: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/spectrum.02263-22?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pu…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases Research unit, Kanagawa, Japan, numerous others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, therapeutic neutralizing antibodies, virus variants, immune response, hamsters, primates
Summary of Study: Potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies with therapeutic effects
References: doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105596
Contact Info: Masaru Takeshita: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222018685?via%3Dihub
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases Research unit, Kanagawa, Japan, numerous others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, therapeutic neutralizing antibodies, virus variants, immune response, hamsters, primates
Summary of Study: Potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies with therapeutic effects
References: doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105596
Contact Info: Masaru Takeshita: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222018685?via%3Dihub
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Emory University; University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine; Butantan Institute; La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, DNA vaccine HIVBr18, HLA class II vaccine epitopes, immunity, humans and primates
Summary of Study: Results provide preliminary proof of concept that immunization with a vaccine encoding epitopes with high and redundant coverage of the human population can elicit potent T cell responses to multiple epitopes, across species and MHC barriers.
References: PMID: 34961636 / doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.11.076
Contact Info: Edecio Cunha-Neto: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X21015504?via%3Dihub
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Emory University; University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine; Butantan Institute; La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, DNA vaccine HIVBr18, HLA class II vaccine epitopes, immunity, humans and primates
Summary of Study: Results provide preliminary proof of concept that immunization with a vaccine encoding epitopes with high and redundant coverage of the human population can elicit potent T cell responses to multiple epitopes, across species and MHC barriers.
References: PMID: 34961636 / doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.11.076
Contact Info: Edecio Cunha-Neto: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X21015504?via%3Dihub
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane University School of Medicine; Nanchang University; Tulane National Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, CRISPR-RT–PCR assay, longitudinal analysis, mucosal, plasma, and breath samples, primates
Summary of Study: CRISPR-FDS may provide a means to evaluate systemic viral/viral RNA burden not detectable by RT-qPCR to improve diagnosis and better predict outcomes for SARS-CoV-2 infections.
References: PMID: 35108153 / doi: 10.1080/22221751.2038020
Contact Info: Tony Hu: tonyhu2tulane.edu
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2022.2038020
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane University School of Medicine; Nanchang University; Tulane National Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, CRISPR-RT–PCR assay, longitudinal analysis, mucosal, plasma, and breath samples, primates
Summary of Study: CRISPR-FDS may provide a means to evaluate systemic viral/viral RNA burden not detectable by RT-qPCR to improve diagnosis and better predict outcomes for SARS-CoV-2 infections.
References: PMID: 35108153 / doi: 10.1080/22221751.2038020
Contact Info: Tony Hu: tonyhu2tulane.edu
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2022.2038020
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: NIAID; University of California, Irvine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Based Vaccine, route of administration, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: The VSV-SARS2-EBOV vaccine presents a vaccine with a high potential as a boosting option after the already-approved mRNA-based vaccine, because VSV-SARS2-EBOV elicits primarily a humoral response, in contrast to the predominantly T cell-driven immune response after mRNA vaccination.
References: PMID: 35012339 / doi: 10.1128/mbio.03379-21
Contact Info: Andrea Marzi: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mbio.03379-21?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: NIAID; University of California, Irvine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Based Vaccine, route of administration, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: The VSV-SARS2-EBOV vaccine presents a vaccine with a high potential as a boosting option after the already-approved mRNA-based vaccine, because VSV-SARS2-EBOV elicits primarily a humoral response, in contrast to the predominantly T cell-driven immune response after mRNA vaccination.
References: PMID: 35012339 / doi: 10.1128/mbio.03379-21
Contact Info: Andrea Marzi: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mbio.03379-21?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo; Kumamoto University; ID Pharma Co., Ltd.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, intranasal vaccine, non-S antigens, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: CD8+ T cell induction by intranasal vaccination with a vaccine expressing viral non-S antigens can result in NAb-independent control of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
References: PMID: 35233545 / doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100520
Contact Info: Tetsuro Matano: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(22)00020-9?_retu…
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo; Kumamoto University; ID Pharma Co., Ltd.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, intranasal vaccine, non-S antigens, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: CD8+ T cell induction by intranasal vaccination with a vaccine expressing viral non-S antigens can result in NAb-independent control of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
References: PMID: 35233545 / doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100520
Contact Info: Tetsuro Matano: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(22)00020-9?_retu…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, transcriptomic profiling, lung endothelial cells, primates
Summary of Study: The specific genes that distinguished immuneEC and devEC populations in the NHP lungs after SARS-CoV-2 infection were different from the endotoxemic mouse lung. This may reflect either species differences or different injury-specific responses (bacterial endotoxin vs. SARS-CoV-2).
References: PMID: 35511435 / doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.158079
Contact Info: Lianghui Zhang: [email protected]; Jalees Rehman: [email protected]
URL: https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/158079
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, transcriptomic profiling, lung endothelial cells, primates
Summary of Study: The specific genes that distinguished immuneEC and devEC populations in the NHP lungs after SARS-CoV-2 infection were different from the endotoxemic mouse lung. This may reflect either species differences or different injury-specific responses (bacterial endotoxin vs. SARS-CoV-2).
References: PMID: 35511435 / doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.158079
Contact Info: Lianghui Zhang: [email protected]; Jalees Rehman: [email protected]
URL: https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/158079
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Department of Medicine, University of Washington
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, remdesivir, math modeling, antiviral potency, nasal passages, lungs, primates
Summary of Study: In rhesus macaques, the nonlinear forces governing SARS-CoV-2 viral load trajectories in the lung and nasal passages differ substantially in the presence of a partially effective antiviral therapy. To the extent that the rhesus macaque model approximates human infection, nasal viral load remains a promising surrogate endpoint marker but perhaps only in the context of a highly potent antiviral therapy.
References: PMID: 35634576 / doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104448
Contact Info: Joshua Schiffer: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)00719-2?_returnURL=https%3…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Department of Medicine, University of Washington
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, remdesivir, math modeling, antiviral potency, nasal passages, lungs, primates
Summary of Study: In rhesus macaques, the nonlinear forces governing SARS-CoV-2 viral load trajectories in the lung and nasal passages differ substantially in the presence of a partially effective antiviral therapy. To the extent that the rhesus macaque model approximates human infection, nasal viral load remains a promising surrogate endpoint marker but perhaps only in the context of a highly potent antiviral therapy.
References: PMID: 35634576 / doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104448
Contact Info: Joshua Schiffer: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)00719-2?_returnURL=https%3…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Université Paris-Saclay; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris; Obesity Center, Department of Digestive, Oncologic and Metabolic Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, fat tissue, diagnostics, immunity, primates
Summary of Study: Subcutaneous adipose tissue (SCAT) is selectively infected by SARS-CoV-2 although changes in the immune properties of adispose tissue are observed in both SCAT and visceral adipose tissue
References: PMID: 35661814 PMCID: PMC9166782 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03503-9
Contact Info: Christine Bourgeois: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03503-9
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Université Paris-Saclay; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris; Obesity Center, Department of Digestive, Oncologic and Metabolic Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, fat tissue, diagnostics, immunity, primates
Summary of Study: Subcutaneous adipose tissue (SCAT) is selectively infected by SARS-CoV-2 although changes in the immune properties of adispose tissue are observed in both SCAT and visceral adipose tissue
References: PMID: 35661814 PMCID: PMC9166782 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03503-9
Contact Info: Christine Bourgeois: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03503-9
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; numerous others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, Ad26.COV2.S, spike ferritin nanoparticles, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 variant challenge
References: doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ade4433
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade4433
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; numerous others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, Ad26.COV2.S, spike ferritin nanoparticles, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 variant challenge
References: doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ade4433
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade4433
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences; Fudan University; Shanghai King-Cell Biotechnology Co., Ltd.; Mabwell Bioscience Co., Ltd.; Shenzhen University; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, self-adjuvanting peptide vaccine, CoVac501, immune response, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: CoVac501, a novel SARS-CoV-2 vaccine that is fully chemically synthesized and self-adjuvanting, provided potent protection for cynomolgus macaques against challenges from very high doses of SARS-CoV-2.
References: PMID: 35102138 / doi: 10.1038/s41421-021-00370-2
Contact Info: Qiuping Qin: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41421-021-00370-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences; Fudan University; Shanghai King-Cell Biotechnology Co., Ltd.; Mabwell Bioscience Co., Ltd.; Shenzhen University; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, self-adjuvanting peptide vaccine, CoVac501, immune response, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: CoVac501, a novel SARS-CoV-2 vaccine that is fully chemically synthesized and self-adjuvanting, provided potent protection for cynomolgus macaques against challenges from very high doses of SARS-CoV-2.
References: PMID: 35102138 / doi: 10.1038/s41421-021-00370-2
Contact Info: Qiuping Qin: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41421-021-00370-2
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Pfizer; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Texas Biomedical Research Institute; New Iberia Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pathology, inflammation, Golden Syrian Hamster, primates
Summary of Study: Macaques may be appropriate for mechanistic studies of mild asymptomatic COVID-19 pneumonia and COVID-19-associated encephalitis, whereas Syrian hamsters may be more suited to study severe COVID-19 pneumonia.
References: PMID: 35128980 / doi: 10.1177/01926233211072767
Contact Info: Shambhunath Choudhary: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01926233211072767?rfr_dat=cr_pub+…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Pfizer; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Texas Biomedical Research Institute; New Iberia Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pathology, inflammation, Golden Syrian Hamster, primates
Summary of Study: Macaques may be appropriate for mechanistic studies of mild asymptomatic COVID-19 pneumonia and COVID-19-associated encephalitis, whereas Syrian hamsters may be more suited to study severe COVID-19 pneumonia.
References: PMID: 35128980 / doi: 10.1177/01926233211072767
Contact Info: Shambhunath Choudhary: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01926233211072767?rfr_dat=cr_pub+…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences; Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, infection, pathogenesis, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 can effectively infect the Rhesus macaque.
References: PMID: 35279412 / doi: 10.1016/j.virs.2022.02.001
Contact Info: Zhiming Yuan: [email protected]; Chao Shan: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995820X22000335?via%3Dihub
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences; Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, infection, pathogenesis, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 can effectively infect the Rhesus macaque.
References: PMID: 35279412 / doi: 10.1016/j.virs.2022.02.001
Contact Info: Zhiming Yuan: [email protected]; Chao Shan: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995820X22000335?via%3Dihub
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: pigtail macaques, rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; University of Washington; HDT Bio; NIAID; Washington National Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, phage-based deep mutational scanning, immune response, vaccination, primates
Summary of Study: Findings suggest that the antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 in macaques shares many features with humans, but with substantial differences in the recognition of certain epitopes and considerable individual variability in antibody escape profiles, suggesting a diverse repertoire of antibodies that can respond to major epitopes in both humans and macaques.
References: PMID: 35404959 / doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010155
Contact Info: Julie Overbaugh: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010155
NHP Species: pigtail macaques, rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; University of Washington; HDT Bio; NIAID; Washington National Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, phage-based deep mutational scanning, immune response, vaccination, primates
Summary of Study: Findings suggest that the antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 in macaques shares many features with humans, but with substantial differences in the recognition of certain epitopes and considerable individual variability in antibody escape profiles, suggesting a diverse repertoire of antibodies that can respond to major epitopes in both humans and macaques.
References: PMID: 35404959 / doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010155
Contact Info: Julie Overbaugh: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010155
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Institute Pasteur; Universite Paris Saclay-INSERM; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, NK cells, macrophages, blood and bronchoalveolar lavage, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Viral antigen is found in alveolar macrophages up to at least 18 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection in macaques. Additionally, an association was revealed between lower level of persisting viral antigen in alveolar macrophages and the activity of Spike-specific adaptive NH cells in the lung.
References: PMID: 35547853 / doi: 12.21203/rs.3.rs-1561222/v1
Contact Info: Nicolas Huot: [email protected]
URL: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1561222/v1
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Institute Pasteur; Universite Paris Saclay-INSERM; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, NK cells, macrophages, blood and bronchoalveolar lavage, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Viral antigen is found in alveolar macrophages up to at least 18 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection in macaques. Additionally, an association was revealed between lower level of persisting viral antigen in alveolar macrophages and the activity of Spike-specific adaptive NH cells in the lung.
References: PMID: 35547853 / doi: 12.21203/rs.3.rs-1561222/v1
Contact Info: Nicolas Huot: [email protected]
URL: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1561222/v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Rodent Laboratory Animal Resources Center; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center; Northwest University; National Institutes for Food and Drug Control
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, preclinical models, several animal species, primates
Summary of Study: Current animal models for COVID-19 have limitations, and novel models must be developed to truly evaluate the virulence of variants and comorbidities. Proposed model improvements include the use of transgenes or knock-ins to create multiple gene combinations, or reselecting receptor genes.
References: PMID: 35798699 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-01087-8
Contact Info: Youchun Wang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-01087-8
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Rodent Laboratory Animal Resources Center; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center; Northwest University; National Institutes for Food and Drug Control
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, preclinical models, several animal species, primates
Summary of Study: Current animal models for COVID-19 have limitations, and novel models must be developed to truly evaluate the virulence of variants and comorbidities. Proposed model improvements include the use of transgenes or knock-ins to create multiple gene combinations, or reselecting receptor genes.
References: PMID: 35798699 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-01087-8
Contact Info: Youchun Wang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-01087-8
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Saskatchewan; Dalhousie University; University of Pittsburgh
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, post-acute sequelae, pathology, immune response, several animal species, primates
Summary of Study: Analysis of work done in different animal models in order to understand the mechanisms of Long COVID that could help identify treatments.
References: PMID: 36070309 / doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010741
Contact Info: Alyson A. Kelvin: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010741
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Saskatchewan; Dalhousie University; University of Pittsburgh
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, post-acute sequelae, pathology, immune response, several animal species, primates
Summary of Study: Analysis of work done in different animal models in order to understand the mechanisms of Long COVID that could help identify treatments.
References: PMID: 36070309 / doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010741
Contact Info: Alyson A. Kelvin: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010741
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: University of Oxford, UK; Ifakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, long-lived plasma cells, lymph node germinal centers, humans, primates
Summary of Study: Human lymphoid tissue sampling for vaccinology
References: doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1045529
Contact Info: Carolyn M. Nielsen: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1045529/full
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: University of Oxford, UK; Ifakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, long-lived plasma cells, lymph node germinal centers, humans, primates
Summary of Study: Human lymphoid tissue sampling for vaccinology
References: doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1045529
Contact Info: Carolyn M. Nielsen: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1045529/full
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: NIAID; Yerkes National Primate Research Center; Emory University School of Medicine; Bioqual; Moderna, Inc.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-1273 vaccination, longitudinal study, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: While mRNA-1273 provided durable protection against B.1.617.2 challenge, control of the virus was briefly delayed in the lungs and limited in the nose, which may provide the virus with a greater opportunity for transmission.
References: PMID: 34921774 / doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.12.002
Contact Info: Robert Seder: [email protected]; Daniel Douek: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867421014057?via%3Dihub
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: NIAID; Yerkes National Primate Research Center; Emory University School of Medicine; Bioqual; Moderna, Inc.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-1273 vaccination, longitudinal study, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: While mRNA-1273 provided durable protection against B.1.617.2 challenge, control of the virus was briefly delayed in the lungs and limited in the nose, which may provide the virus with a greater opportunity for transmission.
References: PMID: 34921774 / doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.12.002
Contact Info: Robert Seder: [email protected]; Daniel Douek: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867421014057?via%3Dihub
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Medicine Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, heterologous vaccines, intradermal administration, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: This study reports a new heterologous prime-boost strategy of intradermal immunization with the inactivated vaccine and K-S antigen. This strategy can significantly increase the neutralizing antibody titers and promote specific T cell responses in mice and macaques.
References: PMID: 34931939 / doi: 10.1080/22221751.2021807https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2021.2021807
Contact Info: Wenbo Xu: [email protected]; Qihan Li: [email protected]
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2021.2021807
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Medicine Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, heterologous vaccines, intradermal administration, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: This study reports a new heterologous prime-boost strategy of intradermal immunization with the inactivated vaccine and K-S antigen. This strategy can significantly increase the neutralizing antibody titers and promote specific T cell responses in mice and macaques.
References: PMID: 34931939 / doi: 10.1080/22221751.2021807https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2021.2021807
Contact Info: Wenbo Xu: [email protected]; Qihan Li: [email protected]
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2021.2021807
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center; Tulane University School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus genome, gut, virus evolution, primates
Summary of Study: Previous reports that an intact furin cleavage site is important for infection in vivo were confirmed in this study. Additionally, three mutations were identified that may represent an adaptation of SARS-CoV2 to African green monkeys or to NHP generally.
References: PMID: 35062281 / doi: 10.3390/v14010077
Contact Info: Nicholas Maness: [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/1/77
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center; Tulane University School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus genome, gut, virus evolution, primates
Summary of Study: Previous reports that an intact furin cleavage site is important for infection in vivo were confirmed in this study. Additionally, three mutations were identified that may represent an adaptation of SARS-CoV2 to African green monkeys or to NHP generally.
References: PMID: 35062281 / doi: 10.3390/v14010077
Contact Info: Nicholas Maness: [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/1/77
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Westlake University, Hangzhou; University of Texas; Jecho Biopharmaceuticals; Jecho Laboratories; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus variants, neutralizing monoclonal antibodies, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: An antibody designated as 2G1 efficiently neutralized all VOCs including widely spread Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta variants and Cluster 5, a variant with Y453F substitution that once caused public concern due to its zoonotic characteristics.
References: PMID: 35169121 / doi: 10.1038/s41421-022-00381-7
Contact Info: Lei Han: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41421-022-00381-7
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Westlake University, Hangzhou; University of Texas; Jecho Biopharmaceuticals; Jecho Laboratories; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus variants, neutralizing monoclonal antibodies, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: An antibody designated as 2G1 efficiently neutralized all VOCs including widely spread Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta variants and Cluster 5, a variant with Y453F substitution that once caused public concern due to its zoonotic characteristics.
References: PMID: 35169121 / doi: 10.1038/s41421-022-00381-7
Contact Info: Lei Han: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41421-022-00381-7
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Peking University; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; WHO Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, circRNA vaccine, neutralizing antibodies, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: CircRNA/RBD-Omicron vaccine induced effective neutralizing antibodies against the Omicron but not the Delta variant. In contrast, the circRNA/RBD-Delta vaccine protected against both Delta and Omicron or functioned as a booster after two doses of either native- or Delta-specific vaccination, making it a favorable choice against the current variants of concern of SARS-CoV-2.
References: PMID: 35460644 / doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.03.044
Contact Info: Wensheng Wei: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00394-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Peking University; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; WHO Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, circRNA vaccine, neutralizing antibodies, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: CircRNA/RBD-Omicron vaccine induced effective neutralizing antibodies against the Omicron but not the Delta variant. In contrast, the circRNA/RBD-Delta vaccine protected against both Delta and Omicron or functioned as a booster after two doses of either native- or Delta-specific vaccination, making it a favorable choice against the current variants of concern of SARS-CoV-2.
References: PMID: 35460644 / doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.03.044
Contact Info: Wensheng Wei: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00394-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: SUNY Upstate Medical University; Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; NIAID
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-1273 vaccine, respiratory tract, inflammation, primates
Summary of Study: This study defines the lower respiratory tract cellular and transcriptional signature associated with SARS-CoV-2 in macaques using two distinct viral variants, and identifies conserved signatures of vaccine-elicited protection from infection-attendant inflammation. These date emphasize the contribution of inflammatory/migratory DCs and macrophages to lower respiratory tract inflammation following SARS-CoV-2 infection, and define a critical relationship between antibody titers, post-challenge viral burden, and broad infection-elicited inflammation.
References: PMID: 35653196 / doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.160039
Contact Info: Robert Seder: Robert Seder: [email protected]
URL: https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/160039
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: SUNY Upstate Medical University; Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; NIAID
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-1273 vaccine, respiratory tract, inflammation, primates
Summary of Study: This study defines the lower respiratory tract cellular and transcriptional signature associated with SARS-CoV-2 in macaques using two distinct viral variants, and identifies conserved signatures of vaccine-elicited protection from infection-attendant inflammation. These date emphasize the contribution of inflammatory/migratory DCs and macrophages to lower respiratory tract inflammation following SARS-CoV-2 infection, and define a critical relationship between antibody titers, post-challenge viral burden, and broad infection-elicited inflammation.
References: PMID: 35653196 / doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.160039
Contact Info: Robert Seder: Robert Seder: [email protected]
URL: https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/160039
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Gritstone bio, Inc.; Battelle Biomedical Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, self-amplifying mRNA vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Report of the preclinical development of a strong self-amplifying mRNA (SAM) vaccine being evaluated in clinical trials as both a homologous prime-boost regimen at low doses and as a boost following heterologous prime
References: PMID: 35672369 PMCID: PMC9173840 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31005-z
Contact Info: Karin Jooss: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31005-z
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Gritstone bio, Inc.; Battelle Biomedical Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, self-amplifying mRNA vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Report of the preclinical development of a strong self-amplifying mRNA (SAM) vaccine being evaluated in clinical trials as both a homologous prime-boost regimen at low doses and as a boost following heterologous prime
References: PMID: 35672369 PMCID: PMC9173840 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31005-z
Contact Info: Karin Jooss: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31005-z
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology; Civilian Defense Scienti?c Research Center, Carretera de Jamaica y Autopista Nacional; Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Group, BioCubaFarma, Ave; Latin American School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, yeast, manufacturing, mice, primates
Summary of Study: The COVID-19 receptor-binding domain produced in yeast cells can be modified by adding amino acids in order to create a possible vaccine candidate due to its ability to stimulate anti-inflammatory cells and inhibit binding to ACE2.
References: PMID: 35953030 / doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2022.08.002
Contact Info: Gerardo Guillén-Nieto: Biomedical Research Direction, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Ave. 31 E/ 158 y 190, La Habana 10600, Cuba
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871678422000462?via%3Dihub
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology; Civilian Defense Scienti?c Research Center, Carretera de Jamaica y Autopista Nacional; Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Group, BioCubaFarma, Ave; Latin American School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, yeast, manufacturing, mice, primates
Summary of Study: The COVID-19 receptor-binding domain produced in yeast cells can be modified by adding amino acids in order to create a possible vaccine candidate due to its ability to stimulate anti-inflammatory cells and inhibit binding to ACE2.
References: PMID: 35953030 / doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2022.08.002
Contact Info: Gerardo Guillén-Nieto: Biomedical Research Direction, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Ave. 31 E/ 158 y 190, La Habana 10600, Cuba
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871678422000462?via%3Dihub
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital; National Kunming High-level Biosafety Primate Research Center; Nagasaki University; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, self-assembled trimeric protein vaccine, virus variants, mice, primates
Summary of Study: A self-assembled trimeric protein made from linking a sequence from the Delta variant and a subunit in SARS-CoV-2 shows a strong immune response against Omicron variants.
References: PMID: 36115859 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33209-9
Contact Info: Xiangrong Song: [email protected]; Shuaiyao Lu: [email protected]; Xiaozhong Peng: [email protected]; Guangwen Lu: [email protected]; Xiawei Wei: [email protected]
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9482656/
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital; National Kunming High-level Biosafety Primate Research Center; Nagasaki University; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, self-assembled trimeric protein vaccine, virus variants, mice, primates
Summary of Study: A self-assembled trimeric protein made from linking a sequence from the Delta variant and a subunit in SARS-CoV-2 shows a strong immune response against Omicron variants.
References: PMID: 36115859 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33209-9
Contact Info: Xiangrong Song: [email protected]; Shuaiyao Lu: [email protected]; Xiaozhong Peng: [email protected]; Guangwen Lu: [email protected]; Xiawei Wei: [email protected]
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9482656/
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: cynomolgus macaques, rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Vaxxiniy, Inc., Dallas, Texas; United Biomedical, Inc. (Taiwan and USA); Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, subunit protein-peptide vaccine, immunogenicity, rat, mice, primates
Summary of Study: RBD-Protein/Peptide Vaccine Elicits Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
References: doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2140608
Contact Info: Farshad Guirakhoo: [email protected]
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2022.2140608
NHP Species: cynomolgus macaques, rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Vaxxiniy, Inc., Dallas, Texas; United Biomedical, Inc. (Taiwan and USA); Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, subunit protein-peptide vaccine, immunogenicity, rat, mice, primates
Summary of Study: RBD-Protein/Peptide Vaccine Elicits Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
References: doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2140608
Contact Info: Farshad Guirakhoo: [email protected]
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2022.2140608
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, numerous others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, BNT162b2, mRNA-1273, infants, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Protection in immunized infant macaques
References: doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.add6383
Contact Info: Kristina de Paris: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.add6383
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, numerous others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, BNT162b2, mRNA-1273, infants, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Protection in immunized infant macaques
References: doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.add6383
Contact Info: Kristina de Paris: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.add6383
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NIAID; Gilead Sciences
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Remdesivir, subcutaneous administration, pathology, virus load, primates
Summary of Study: Early subcutaneous administration of remdesivir can protect from lower respiratory tract disease caused by SARS-CoV-2.
References: PMID: 35032523 / doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2022.105246
Contact Info: Emmie de Wit: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354222000146?via%3Dihub
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NIAID; Gilead Sciences
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Remdesivir, subcutaneous administration, pathology, virus load, primates
Summary of Study: Early subcutaneous administration of remdesivir can protect from lower respiratory tract disease caused by SARS-CoV-2.
References: PMID: 35032523 / doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2022.105246
Contact Info: Emmie de Wit: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354222000146?via%3Dihub
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Harvard Medical School; Janssen Vaccines and Prevention; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard; BIOQUAL; Amsterdam University Medical Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, homologous or variant booster vaccine, humoral and cellular immune responses, primates
Summary of Study: A late boost with Ad26.COV2.S or Ad26.COV2.S.351 resulted in a marked increase in humoral and cellular immune responses that were highly cross-reactive across multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants in rhesus macaques.
References: PMID: 35191769 / doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.bm4996
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/scitranslmed.abm4996?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Harvard Medical School; Janssen Vaccines and Prevention; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard; BIOQUAL; Amsterdam University Medical Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, homologous or variant booster vaccine, humoral and cellular immune responses, primates
Summary of Study: A late boost with Ad26.COV2.S or Ad26.COV2.S.351 resulted in a marked increase in humoral and cellular immune responses that were highly cross-reactive across multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants in rhesus macaques.
References: PMID: 35191769 / doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.bm4996
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/scitranslmed.abm4996?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Biomedical Primate Research Centre; Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC; Utrecht University; Leiden University Medical Center; University of Twente
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, neuropathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Data highlight the potential of SARS-CoV-2 to cause pathology in the brain of macaques. A range of neurological abnormalities were observed, including hypermetabolic pituitary gland, alpha-synuclein inclusions, activated microglia in the brain parenchyma, and infiltrating T-cells.
References: PMID: 35458506 / doi: 10.3390/v14040776
Contact Info: Ernst Verschoor: [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/4/776
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Biomedical Primate Research Centre; Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC; Utrecht University; Leiden University Medical Center; University of Twente
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, neuropathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Data highlight the potential of SARS-CoV-2 to cause pathology in the brain of macaques. A range of neurological abnormalities were observed, including hypermetabolic pituitary gland, alpha-synuclein inclusions, activated microglia in the brain parenchyma, and infiltrating T-cells.
References: PMID: 35458506 / doi: 10.3390/v14040776
Contact Info: Ernst Verschoor: [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/4/776
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Southwest National Primate Research Center; Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, protocols, animal models, immunology, primates
Summary of Study: This book describes the different aspects of modelling the SARS-CoV-2 infection in NHPs along with the associated methods used in immunology.
References: PMID: 35554911 / doi. 10.1007/978-1-2111-0_15
Contact Info: Deepak Kaushal: [email protected]
URL: https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007/978-1-0716-2111-0_15
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Southwest National Primate Research Center; Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, protocols, animal models, immunology, primates
Summary of Study: This book describes the different aspects of modelling the SARS-CoV-2 infection in NHPs along with the associated methods used in immunology.
References: PMID: 35554911 / doi. 10.1007/978-1-2111-0_15
Contact Info: Deepak Kaushal: [email protected]
URL: https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007/978-1-0716-2111-0_15
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Institute of Zoonosis, and College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University; Chinese Academy of Medicine Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; Walvax Biotechnology Co., Ltd; Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Yuxi JOZO Biotechnology co., LTD; Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, equine immunoglobulin, anti virus efficacy, histopathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Therapeutic-grade equine immunoglobins are effective at improving the clinical symptoms of those hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 and can be rapidly developed.
References: PMID: 35798694 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-01095-8
Contact Info: Zhongping Xie: [email protected]; Ningyi Jin: [email protected]; Mingyuan Liu: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-01095-8
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Institute of Zoonosis, and College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University; Chinese Academy of Medicine Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; Walvax Biotechnology Co., Ltd; Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Yuxi JOZO Biotechnology co., LTD; Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, equine immunoglobulin, anti virus efficacy, histopathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Therapeutic-grade equine immunoglobins are effective at improving the clinical symptoms of those hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 and can be rapidly developed.
References: PMID: 35798694 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-01095-8
Contact Info: Zhongping Xie: [email protected]; Ningyi Jin: [email protected]; Mingyuan Liu: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-01095-8
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; Kunming No.1 High School; Kunming National High-level Biosafety Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccines, repertoire diversities of B cells and T cells, whole-virus inactivated and S1 protein subunit vaccine, primates
Summary of Study: Comparison of B-cell and T-cell responses between a whole-virus inactivated vaccine and an S1 protein subunit vaccine.
References: PMID: 36070519 / doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2118477
Contact Info: Huiwen Zheng: [email protected]
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21645515.2022.2118477
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; Kunming No.1 High School; Kunming National High-level Biosafety Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccines, repertoire diversities of B cells and T cells, whole-virus inactivated and S1 protein subunit vaccine, primates
Summary of Study: Comparison of B-cell and T-cell responses between a whole-virus inactivated vaccine and an S1 protein subunit vaccine.
References: PMID: 36070519 / doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2118477
Contact Info: Huiwen Zheng: [email protected]
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21645515.2022.2118477
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan; Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine development, attenuated vaccinia virus, immune response, proteomics, virus variants, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Vaccine protects monkeys and transgenic mice from SARS-CoV-2 and variants
References: doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.967019
Contact Info: Michinori Kohara: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.967019/full
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan; Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine development, attenuated vaccinia virus, immune response, proteomics, virus variants, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Vaccine protects monkeys and transgenic mice from SARS-CoV-2 and variants
References: doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.967019
Contact Info: Michinori Kohara: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.967019/full
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NIAID; University of Oxford
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, age-specific immune responses, viral load, primates
Summary of Study: Despite similar disease outcomes, multiomics profiling suggests that age may delay or impair antiviral cellular immune responses and delay efficient return to homeostasis.
References: PMID: 35039442 / doi: 10.26508/lsa.202101314
Contact Info: Emmie de Wit: [email protected]
URL: https://www.life-science-alliance.org/content/5/4/e202101314
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NIAID; University of Oxford
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, age-specific immune responses, viral load, primates
Summary of Study: Despite similar disease outcomes, multiomics profiling suggests that age may delay or impair antiviral cellular immune responses and delay efficient return to homeostasis.
References: PMID: 35039442 / doi: 10.26508/lsa.202101314
Contact Info: Emmie de Wit: [email protected]
URL: https://www.life-science-alliance.org/content/5/4/e202101314
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Paris-East Creteil University; Universite Paris-Saclay Fontenay-aux-Roses; CEA-INSERM, University of Lille; Universite de Lyon; Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie de Lyon; Institut Curie; Justus Liebig University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, lung cell senescence, RNA analysis, pathology, humans, primates
Summary of Study: Cell senescence was monitored in cynomolgus macaques to evaluate potential links between SARS-CoV-2 infection and aging. Data constitute the first evidence of temporal and topographic relations between senescent cell accumulation and pulmonary lesions induced by SARS-CoV-2.
References: PMID: 34648725 / doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2021-0205LE
Contact Info: Serge Adnot: [email protected]
URL: https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1165/rcmb.2021-0205LE?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rf…
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Paris-East Creteil University; Universite Paris-Saclay Fontenay-aux-Roses; CEA-INSERM, University of Lille; Universite de Lyon; Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie de Lyon; Institut Curie; Justus Liebig University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, lung cell senescence, RNA analysis, pathology, humans, primates
Summary of Study: Cell senescence was monitored in cynomolgus macaques to evaluate potential links between SARS-CoV-2 infection and aging. Data constitute the first evidence of temporal and topographic relations between senescent cell accumulation and pulmonary lesions induced by SARS-CoV-2.
References: PMID: 34648725 / doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2021-0205LE
Contact Info: Serge Adnot: [email protected]
URL: https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1165/rcmb.2021-0205LE?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rf…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Central Florida; Tulane National Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pathology, heart, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: SARS-CoV-2 infection is characterized by an exaggerated inflammatory immune response in the heart, which possibly contributes to myocardial remodeling and subsequent fibrosis.
References: PMID: 35203260 / doi: 10.3390/cells11040611
Contact Info: Manish Kumar Gupta: [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/4/611
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Central Florida; Tulane National Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pathology, heart, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: SARS-CoV-2 infection is characterized by an exaggerated inflammatory immune response in the heart, which possibly contributes to myocardial remodeling and subsequent fibrosis.
References: PMID: 35203260 / doi: 10.3390/cells11040611
Contact Info: Manish Kumar Gupta: [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/4/611
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Inovio Pharmaceuticals; The Wistar Institute
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, DNA vaccine, prime-boost vaccination, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Illustrates the durability of immunity following vaccination with synthetic DNA vaccine encoding the wild-type Spike protein, INO-4800, and additionally supports the use of either INO-4800 or INO-4802 in prime-boost regimens.
References: PMID: 35428500 / doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.03.060
Contact Info: Kate Broderick: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22003681?via%3Dihub
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Inovio Pharmaceuticals; The Wistar Institute
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, DNA vaccine, prime-boost vaccination, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Illustrates the durability of immunity following vaccination with synthetic DNA vaccine encoding the wild-type Spike protein, INO-4800, and additionally supports the use of either INO-4800 or INO-4802 in prime-boost regimens.
References: PMID: 35428500 / doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.03.060
Contact Info: Kate Broderick: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22003681?via%3Dihub
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Guangzhou Medical University; Macau University of Science and Technology; St. Januario Central Hospital Macau
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, homologous or heterogenous vaccination boosters, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: The Omicron BA.1 variant showed little sensitivity to all of the neutralizing antibodies evaluated in this study, adding to the emerging body of evidence that the resistance to neutralizing antibodies is conferred largely by the mutations in the RBD, since pseudovirus harboring additional spike protein mutations did not significantly change the resistance to neutralizing activity. A recombinant RBD protein vaccine may be a promising approach for future vaccine development.
References: PMID: 35592756 / doi: 10.1002/mco2.143
Contact Info: Kang Zhang: [email protected]; Gen Li: [email protected]
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9095991/
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Guangzhou Medical University; Macau University of Science and Technology; St. Januario Central Hospital Macau
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, homologous or heterogenous vaccination boosters, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: The Omicron BA.1 variant showed little sensitivity to all of the neutralizing antibodies evaluated in this study, adding to the emerging body of evidence that the resistance to neutralizing antibodies is conferred largely by the mutations in the RBD, since pseudovirus harboring additional spike protein mutations did not significantly change the resistance to neutralizing activity. A recombinant RBD protein vaccine may be a promising approach for future vaccine development.
References: PMID: 35592756 / doi: 10.1002/mco2.143
Contact Info: Kang Zhang: [email protected]; Gen Li: [email protected]
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9095991/
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Departments of Biochemistry and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Bhopal, India
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, animal models, infection, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Review of the immunological and clinical manifestations observed in various natural and genetically-modified animal models of numerous COVID-19 studies. The authors also summarize up-to-date laboratory findings on available and significant COVID-19 animal models, and put forth their perspective for the objective dependent usage of animal models.
References: PMID: 35757923 DOI: 10.1080/08830185.2022.2089666
Contact Info: Ashok Kumar: [email protected]
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08830185.2022.2089666?journalCode=i…
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Departments of Biochemistry and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Bhopal, India
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, animal models, infection, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Review of the immunological and clinical manifestations observed in various natural and genetically-modified animal models of numerous COVID-19 studies. The authors also summarize up-to-date laboratory findings on available and significant COVID-19 animal models, and put forth their perspective for the objective dependent usage of animal models.
References: PMID: 35757923 DOI: 10.1080/08830185.2022.2089666
Contact Info: Ashok Kumar: [email protected]
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08830185.2022.2089666?journalCode=i…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard; University of Massachusetts; Bioqual
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus vector–based vaccine Ad26.COV2.S, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Cytotoxic T-cells that are vaccine induced contribute to virus control, and when depleted, higher viral loads are seen in the respiratory tract.
References: PMID: 35943359 / doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abq7647
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciimmunol.abq7647?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pu…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard; University of Massachusetts; Bioqual
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus vector–based vaccine Ad26.COV2.S, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Cytotoxic T-cells that are vaccine induced contribute to virus control, and when depleted, higher viral loads are seen in the respiratory tract.
References: PMID: 35943359 / doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abq7647
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciimmunol.abq7647?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pu…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine; Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; National Kunming High-level Biosafety Primate Research Center; Naval Medical University; China Pharmaceutical University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, single-cell transcriptome, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A lipopolyplex-based mRNA vaccine provides a strong immune response by inhibiting the recruitment of proinflammatory macrophages and by providing lung protecting through inhibiting the apoptotic processes in long epithelial and endothelial cells.
References: PMID: 36124363 / doi: 10.1002/jmv.28161
Contact Info: Ang Lin: [email protected]; Zhenzhen Zhan: [email protected]; Xingguang Liu: [email protected]
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.28161
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine; Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; National Kunming High-level Biosafety Primate Research Center; Naval Medical University; China Pharmaceutical University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, single-cell transcriptome, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A lipopolyplex-based mRNA vaccine provides a strong immune response by inhibiting the recruitment of proinflammatory macrophages and by providing lung protecting through inhibiting the apoptotic processes in long epithelial and endothelial cells.
References: PMID: 36124363 / doi: 10.1002/jmv.28161
Contact Info: Ang Lin: [email protected]; Zhenzhen Zhan: [email protected]; Xingguang Liu: [email protected]
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.28161
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Elicio Therapeutics; New Iberia Research Center, Louisiana
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, amphiphile adjuvant, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Lymph-node adjuvant-targeting to coordinate innate immunity and generate robust adaptive responses critical for vaccine efficacy.
References: doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00560-3
Contact Info: Peter DeMuth: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-022-00560-3
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Elicio Therapeutics; New Iberia Research Center, Louisiana
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, amphiphile adjuvant, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Lymph-node adjuvant-targeting to coordinate innate immunity and generate robust adaptive responses critical for vaccine efficacy.
References: doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00560-3
Contact Info: Peter DeMuth: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-022-00560-3
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Biopharmaceutical Research Division, Osaka, Japan
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, recombinant spike protein vaccine, virus variants, immune response
Summary of Study: Homologous and heterologous booster vaccinations of S-268019-b, a recombinant S protein-based vaccine
References: doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.10.092
Contact Info: Shinya Omoto: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22013792?via%3Dihub
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Biopharmaceutical Research Division, Osaka, Japan
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, recombinant spike protein vaccine, virus variants, immune response
Summary of Study: Homologous and heterologous booster vaccinations of S-268019-b, a recombinant S protein-based vaccine
References: doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.10.092
Contact Info: Shinya Omoto: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22013792?via%3Dihub
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Medicago Inc.; Stanford University School of Medicine; Tulane National Primate Research Center; Tulane University School of Medicine; Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, unadjuvanted and adjuvanted formulations, recombinant plant-derived virus-like particle vaccine, safety, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A VLP bearing a SARS-CoV-2 spike protein vaccine candidate formulated with Adjuvant System 03 (AS03) was shown to be safe and effective and was therefore selected for vaccine development and clinical trials.
References: PMID: 34983950 / doi: 10.1038/s41423-021-00809-2
Contact Info: Brian Ward: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41423-021-00809-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Medicago Inc.; Stanford University School of Medicine; Tulane National Primate Research Center; Tulane University School of Medicine; Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, unadjuvanted and adjuvanted formulations, recombinant plant-derived virus-like particle vaccine, safety, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A VLP bearing a SARS-CoV-2 spike protein vaccine candidate formulated with Adjuvant System 03 (AS03) was shown to be safe and effective and was therefore selected for vaccine development and clinical trials.
References: PMID: 34983950 / doi: 10.1038/s41423-021-00809-2
Contact Info: Brian Ward: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41423-021-00809-2
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Ology Bioservices; Harvard Medical School, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; US Department of Defense; Logistics Management Institute; Washington University School of Medicine; Bioqual, Inc.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies, primates
Summary of Study: Neutralizing antibodies with extended half-life and lacking Fc-mediated effector functions are efficient for pre-exposure prophylaxis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in NHPs.
References: PMID: 35132398 / doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2022.01.004
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/med/fulltext/S2666-6340(22)00039-3?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%…
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Ology Bioservices; Harvard Medical School, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; US Department of Defense; Logistics Management Institute; Washington University School of Medicine; Bioqual, Inc.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies, primates
Summary of Study: Neutralizing antibodies with extended half-life and lacking Fc-mediated effector functions are efficient for pre-exposure prophylaxis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in NHPs.
References: PMID: 35132398 / doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2022.01.004
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/med/fulltext/S2666-6340(22)00039-3?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: MIT; Harvard Medical School; University of Kansas; Tufts University; SpyBiotech Limited; Bioqual; Bill and Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute; Serum Institute of India; University of Oxford; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard; Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, receptor binding domain, HBsAg virus–like particles, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A clinical-stage vaccine candidate comprising a SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain-hepatitis B surface antigen virus-like particle elicited protective immunity in cynomolgus macaques.
References: PMID: 35294244 / doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abl6015
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl6015?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=o…
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: MIT; Harvard Medical School; University of Kansas; Tufts University; SpyBiotech Limited; Bioqual; Bill and Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute; Serum Institute of India; University of Oxford; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard; Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, receptor binding domain, HBsAg virus–like particles, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A clinical-stage vaccine candidate comprising a SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain-hepatitis B surface antigen virus-like particle elicited protective immunity in cynomolgus macaques.
References: PMID: 35294244 / doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abl6015
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl6015?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=o…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine; Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute/OHSU; University of Montreal; Oregon National Primate Research Center; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Ad26.COV2.S vaccine, transcriptional and proteomic profiling, primates
Summary of Study: Study showed that vaccination with Ad26.COV2.S protected hamsters and rhesus macaques challenged with SARS-CoV-2 from developing excessive proinflammatory responses mediated by IL-6 and IL-1, macrophages, and neutrophil activation.
References: PMID: 35395058 / doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009990
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1009990
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine; Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute/OHSU; University of Montreal; Oregon National Primate Research Center; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Ad26.COV2.S vaccine, transcriptional and proteomic profiling, primates
Summary of Study: Study showed that vaccination with Ad26.COV2.S protected hamsters and rhesus macaques challenged with SARS-CoV-2 from developing excessive proinflammatory responses mediated by IL-6 and IL-1, macrophages, and neutrophil activation.
References: PMID: 35395058 / doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009990
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1009990