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:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Ragon Institution of MGH, MIT, and Harvard; Bioqual; Washington University School of Medicine; Emory School of Medicine, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-based BNT162b2 vaccine, virus variants, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: BNT162b2 and Ad26.COV2.S provided robust protection against high-dose challenge with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in macaques. Protection against this highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 variant correlated with both humoral and cellular immune responses.
References: PMID: 35169798 / doi: 10.1101/2022.02.06.479285
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: dbarouch@bidmc.harvard.edu
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.06.479285v1
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Ragon Institution of MGH, MIT, and Harvard; Bioqual; Washington University School of Medicine; Emory School of Medicine, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-based BNT162b2 vaccine, virus variants, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: BNT162b2 and Ad26.COV2.S provided robust protection against high-dose challenge with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in macaques. Protection against this highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 variant correlated with both humoral and cellular immune responses.
References: PMID: 35169798 / doi: 10.1101/2022.02.06.479285
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: dbarouch@bidmc.harvard.edu
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.06.479285v1
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 School of Medicine; Bioqual; Modernal; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccination, mRNA-1273 or mRNA-Omicron boost, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Boosting with homologous mRNA-1273 or mRNA-Omicron leads to comparable and significant increases in neutralizing antibody responses against all VOC, including Omicron.
References: PMID: 35447072 / doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.03.038
Contact Info: Daniel Douek: ddouek@mail.nih.gov; Robert Seder: rseder@mail.nih.gov
URL: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00388-9?_returnURL=https%3A//l…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: NIAID; Yerkes National Primate Research Center; Emory School of Medicine; Bioqual; Modernal; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccination, mRNA-1273 or mRNA-Omicron boost, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Boosting with homologous mRNA-1273 or mRNA-Omicron leads to comparable and significant increases in neutralizing antibody responses against all VOC, including Omicron.
References: PMID: 35447072 / doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.03.038
Contact Info: Daniel Douek: ddouek@mail.nih.gov; Robert Seder: rseder@mail.nih.gov
URL: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00388-9?_returnURL=https%3A//l…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: marmosets
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janiero; Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso; Universidade Federal do Parana
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, natural infections, free-ranging animals, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Free-ranging non-human primates are potential hosts for natural SARS-CoV-2 infection.
References: PMID: 35577455 / doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2022.03.005
Contact Info: Valeria Dutra: valeriadutra.dutra@gmail.com
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021997522000433?via%3Dihub=
NHP Species: marmosets
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janiero; Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso; Universidade Federal do Parana
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, natural infections, free-ranging animals, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Free-ranging non-human primates are potential hosts for natural SARS-CoV-2 infection.
References: PMID: 35577455 / doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2022.03.005
Contact Info: Valeria Dutra: valeriadutra.dutra@gmail.com
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021997522000433?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.; Department of Pathology and Influenza Virus Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, recombinant S-protein vaccine S-268019-b, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 recombinant S-protein vaccine S-268019-b in cynomolgus monkeys
References: PMID: 35691872 PMCID: PMC9167832 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.22.05.081
Contact Info: Hideki Hasegawa: hasegawa@niid.go.jp
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22007186?via%3Dihub=
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.; Department of Pathology and Influenza Virus Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, recombinant S-protein vaccine S-268019-b, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 recombinant S-protein vaccine S-268019-b in cynomolgus monkeys
References: PMID: 35691872 PMCID: PMC9167832 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.22.05.081
Contact Info: Hideki Hasegawa: hasegawa@niid.go.jp
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22007186?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: ReNAP Therapeutics; Mashhad Medical Technologies Science Park; Mashhad University of Medical Sciences; Alzahra University; Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences;
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-vaccine, COReNAPCIN®, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: COReNAPCIN is a nucleoside modified mRNA-based vaccine that creates a strong humoral response and protects from symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and clinical damage, thus making it a potent vaccine candidate.
References: PMID: 36056015 / doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00528-3
Contact Info: Somaye Dehghanizadeh: s.dehghanizadeh@renap.ir
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-022-00528-3
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: ReNAP Therapeutics; Mashhad Medical Technologies Science Park; Mashhad University of Medical Sciences; Alzahra University; Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences;
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-vaccine, COReNAPCIN®, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: COReNAPCIN is a nucleoside modified mRNA-based vaccine that creates a strong humoral response and protects from symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and clinical damage, thus making it a potent vaccine candidate.
References: PMID: 36056015 / doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00528-3
Contact Info: Somaye Dehghanizadeh: s.dehghanizadeh@renap.ir
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-022-00528-3
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi India
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus variants, geographical distribution, genome sequencing, several animal species, primates
Summary of Study: Mutations and evolution of seven distinct clades in non?human hosts
References: doi: 10.1111/zph.12971
Contact Info: Thenmalarchelvi Rathinavelan: tr@bt.iith.ac.in
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zph.12971
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi India
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus variants, geographical distribution, genome sequencing, several animal species, primates
Summary of Study: Mutations and evolution of seven distinct clades in non?human hosts
References: doi: 10.1111/zph.12971
Contact Info: Thenmalarchelvi Rathinavelan: tr@bt.iith.ac.in
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zph.12971
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: takeshita@a5.keio.jp
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: takeshita@a5.keio.jp
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222018685?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: tamarins, marmosets, howler monkeys, titi monkeys
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Faculdade de Medicina de Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil; Fundacao de Medicina Tropical Doutor Heitor Vieria Dourado, Brazil; Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil; Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein; Instituto Butanta; Departamento de Vigilancia Epidemiologica de Sao Jose do Rio Preto; New Mexico State University; The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston; Instituto Leonidas e Maria Deane, Brazil
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, wild animals, molecular and serological tests, primates
Summary of Study: Although no evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection was detected, continued surveillance of NHPs in this region is warranted and may identify geographic areas or particular NHP species prone to spillover.
References: PMID: 34696363 / doi: 10.3390/v13101933
Contact Info: Marcus Vinicius Guimaraes de Lacerda: marcuslacerda.br@gmail.com; Mauricio Lacerda Nogueira: mnogueira@famerp.br
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/10/1933
NHP Species: tamarins, marmosets, howler monkeys, titi monkeys
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Faculdade de Medicina de Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil; Fundacao de Medicina Tropical Doutor Heitor Vieria Dourado, Brazil; Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil; Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein; Instituto Butanta; Departamento de Vigilancia Epidemiologica de Sao Jose do Rio Preto; New Mexico State University; The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston; Instituto Leonidas e Maria Deane, Brazil
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, wild animals, molecular and serological tests, primates
Summary of Study: Although no evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection was detected, continued surveillance of NHPs in this region is warranted and may identify geographic areas or particular NHP species prone to spillover.
References: PMID: 34696363 / doi: 10.3390/v13101933
Contact Info: Marcus Vinicius Guimaraes de Lacerda: marcuslacerda.br@gmail.com; Mauricio Lacerda Nogueira: mnogueira@famerp.br
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/10/1933
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane University, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, LSU Health Science Center, Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg, and more
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pulmonary vascular endotheliosis, perivascular inflammation, rodents and primates
Summary of Study: SARS-CoV-2 causes endotheliitis via both infection and infection-mediated immune activation, which may contribute to the pathogenesis of severe COVID-19 disease.
References: PMID: 34335981 / doi: 10.7150/thno.61810
Contact Info: Jay Kolls: jkolls1@tulane.edu; Fengming Liu: fliu6@tulane.edu; Jay Rappaport: jrappaport@tulane.edu
URL: https://www.thno.org/v11p8076.htm
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane University, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, LSU Health Science Center, Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg, and more
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pulmonary vascular endotheliosis, perivascular inflammation, rodents and primates
Summary of Study: SARS-CoV-2 causes endotheliitis via both infection and infection-mediated immune activation, which may contribute to the pathogenesis of severe COVID-19 disease.
References: PMID: 34335981 / doi: 10.7150/thno.61810
Contact Info: Jay Kolls: jkolls1@tulane.edu; Fengming Liu: fliu6@tulane.edu; Jay Rappaport: jrappaport@tulane.edu
URL: https://www.thno.org/v11p8076.htm
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shenzhen Kangtai Biotechnology Co., Ltd.; Academy of Military Medical Sciences; Zhenzhou University; National Institutes for Food and Drug Control; Henan Normal University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, chimeric spike protein, humoral immune response, pathology, mice, primates
Summary of Study: The strategy of chimerica expression SARS-CoV-2 S RBD in SARS-CoV represents a new design for other vaccine platforms.
References: PMID: 34759261 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-021-00797-9
Contact Info: Shuguang Duo: duoshuguang@ioz.ac.cn
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-021-00797-9
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shenzhen Kangtai Biotechnology Co., Ltd.; Academy of Military Medical Sciences; Zhenzhou University; National Institutes for Food and Drug Control; Henan Normal University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, chimeric spike protein, humoral immune response, pathology, mice, primates
Summary of Study: The strategy of chimerica expression SARS-CoV-2 S RBD in SARS-CoV represents a new design for other vaccine platforms.
References: PMID: 34759261 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-021-00797-9
Contact Info: Shuguang Duo: duoshuguang@ioz.ac.cn
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-021-00797-9
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Celltech Pharmed Co.; Iran University of Medical Sciences; University of Iran; Tarbiat Modares University; Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology; and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-vaccine, lipid nanoparticle, spike protein, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A novel mRNA-LNP vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 was developed and preclinically evaluated, revealing that it was efficient enough to induce hgih level production of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in mice and rhesus macaque monkeys.
References: PMID: 34579244 / doi: 10.3390/vaccines9091007
Contact Info: Alireza Sohi: nanosohi@strc.ac.ir; Jafar Kiani: kiani.ja@iums.ac.ir; Ehsan Arefian: arefian@ut.ac.ir; Arezou Khosrojerdi: arezou.khosrojerdi@modares.ac.ir; Mohammad Zim: mk.zim73@ut.ac.ir
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/9/1007
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Celltech Pharmed Co.; Iran University of Medical Sciences; University of Iran; Tarbiat Modares University; Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology; and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-vaccine, lipid nanoparticle, spike protein, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A novel mRNA-LNP vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 was developed and preclinically evaluated, revealing that it was efficient enough to induce hgih level production of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in mice and rhesus macaque monkeys.
References: PMID: 34579244 / doi: 10.3390/vaccines9091007
Contact Info: Alireza Sohi: nanosohi@strc.ac.ir; Jafar Kiani: kiani.ja@iums.ac.ir; Ehsan Arefian: arefian@ut.ac.ir; Arezou Khosrojerdi: arezou.khosrojerdi@modares.ac.ir; Mohammad Zim: mk.zim73@ut.ac.ir
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/9/1007
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: lemurs, lorises
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Calgary; Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; North Carolina Central University, Duke University and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, ACE2 gene and protein sequences, several species, primates
Summary of Study: Study suggests that lemurs of the families Indriidae, Daubentonlidae, and Lemuridae are likely to be particularly vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
References: PMID: 33792947 / doi: 10.1002/ajp.23255
Contact Info: James Higham: jhigham@nyu.edu
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajp.23255
NHP Species: lemurs, lorises
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Calgary; Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; North Carolina Central University, Duke University and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, ACE2 gene and protein sequences, several species, primates
Summary of Study: Study suggests that lemurs of the families Indriidae, Daubentonlidae, and Lemuridae are likely to be particularly vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
References: PMID: 33792947 / doi: 10.1002/ajp.23255
Contact Info: James Higham: jhigham@nyu.edu
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajp.23255
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnologi, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus entry mediated by ACE2, several species
Summary of Study: A natural isoform of the rhesus macaque ACE2 protein with the Y217N mutation was resistant to SARS-CoV-2 infection, highlighting the possible impact of this ACE2 mutation on SARS-CoV-2 studies in rhesus macaques. The authors also demonstrated that the Y217 residue of ACE2 is a critical determinant for the ability of ACE2 to mediate SARS-CoV-2 entry. The results of this study clarify that SARS-CoV-2 can use the ACE2 receptors of multiple animal species and show that tracking the natural reservoirs and intermediate hosts of SARS-CoV-2 is complex.
References: PMID: 33610551 / doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100435
Contact Info: Yan-Dong Tang: tangyandong2008@163.com
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021925821002088?via%3Dihub=
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnologi, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus entry mediated by ACE2, several species
Summary of Study: A natural isoform of the rhesus macaque ACE2 protein with the Y217N mutation was resistant to SARS-CoV-2 infection, highlighting the possible impact of this ACE2 mutation on SARS-CoV-2 studies in rhesus macaques. The authors also demonstrated that the Y217 residue of ACE2 is a critical determinant for the ability of ACE2 to mediate SARS-CoV-2 entry. The results of this study clarify that SARS-CoV-2 can use the ACE2 receptors of multiple animal species and show that tracking the natural reservoirs and intermediate hosts of SARS-CoV-2 is complex.
References: PMID: 33610551 / doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100435
Contact Info: Yan-Dong Tang: tangyandong2008@163.com
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021925821002088?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: marmosets
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Russian Academy of Sciences, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, serology, neutralizing antibodies, immunogenicity, inactivated vaccine, primates
Summary of Study: A B-propiolactone-inactivated whole virion vaccine CoviVac was developed and assessed. The vaccine produced stable and robust humoral immune response in mice, Syrian hamsters and common marmosets.
References: PMID: 34427172 / doi: 10.1080/22221751.2021.1971569
Contact Info: Liubov Kozlovskaya: lubov_i_k@mail.ru
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2021.1971569
NHP Species: marmosets
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Russian Academy of Sciences, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, serology, neutralizing antibodies, immunogenicity, inactivated vaccine, primates
Summary of Study: A B-propiolactone-inactivated whole virion vaccine CoviVac was developed and assessed. The vaccine produced stable and robust humoral immune response in mice, Syrian hamsters and common marmosets.
References: PMID: 34427172 / doi: 10.1080/22221751.2021.1971569
Contact Info: Liubov Kozlovskaya: lubov_i_k@mail.ru
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2021.1971569
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, hamadryas baboons, marmosets
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Southwest National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, Regeneron, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome, young and old animals, primates
Summary of Study: Acute respiratory distress in macaques and baboons recapitulates the progression of COVID-19 in humans, making them suitable as models to test vaccines and therapies.
References: PMID: 33340034 / doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-00841-4
Contact Info: Deepak Kaushal: dkaushal@txbiomed.org, Luis Giavedoni: lgiavedoni@txbiomed.org
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-00841-4#Sec9
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, hamadryas baboons, marmosets
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Southwest National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, Regeneron, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome, young and old animals, primates
Summary of Study: Acute respiratory distress in macaques and baboons recapitulates the progression of COVID-19 in humans, making them suitable as models to test vaccines and therapies.
References: PMID: 33340034 / doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-00841-4
Contact Info: Deepak Kaushal: dkaushal@txbiomed.org, Luis Giavedoni: lgiavedoni@txbiomed.org
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-00841-4#Sec9
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Duke University School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, NIAID, Harvard Medical School, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, neutralizing antibodies, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: In vitro infection-enhancing RBC and NTD ABs controlled virus in vito and was rarely associated with enhanced lung pathology.
References: PMID: 34242577 / doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.06.021
Contact Info: Barton Haynes (Duke University School of Medicine); Kevin Saunders (Duke University School of Medicine)
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009286742100756X?via%3Dihub=
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Duke University School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, NIAID, Harvard Medical School, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, neutralizing antibodies, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: In vitro infection-enhancing RBC and NTD ABs controlled virus in vito and was rarely associated with enhanced lung pathology.
References: PMID: 34242577 / doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.06.021
Contact Info: Barton Haynes (Duke University School of Medicine); Kevin Saunders (Duke University School of Medicine)
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009286742100756X?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, african green monkeys
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Nagasaki University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, infective dose, several animal species, pathogenesis, primates
Summary of Study: This review focused on comparative infective dose studies for SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1, and MERS. The review suggests that the infective dose in humans is small, perhaps about 100 particles. Further work is required to understand the relationship between routes of transmission, infective dose, co-infection and outcomes.
References: PMID: 33849679 / doi: 10.1017/S0950268821000790
Contact Info: Sedighe Karimzadeh: sedigekarimsadeh@gmail.com; Raj Bhopal: Raj.Bhopal@ed.ac.uk
URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-infection/article/revi…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, african green monkeys
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Nagasaki University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, infective dose, several animal species, pathogenesis, primates
Summary of Study: This review focused on comparative infective dose studies for SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1, and MERS. The review suggests that the infective dose in humans is small, perhaps about 100 particles. Further work is required to understand the relationship between routes of transmission, infective dose, co-infection and outcomes.
References: PMID: 33849679 / doi: 10.1017/S0950268821000790
Contact Info: Sedighe Karimzadeh: sedigekarimsadeh@gmail.com; Raj Bhopal: Raj.Bhopal@ed.ac.uk
URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-infection/article/revi…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Fudan University, Second Military Medical University, Peking University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, cell-based vaccine, neutralizing antibodies, immune response, pathology, mice, primates
Summary of Study: The data present strong evidence supporting the promise of K562-S (a novel cell-based vaccine candidate that uses human cell K562 as a cellular carrier to display Spike (S) protein on the membrane) as a new effective vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19.
References: PMID: 34304724 / doi: 10.1080/22221751.2021.1957400
Contact Info: Jianqing Xu: xujianqing@shphc.org.cn; Xiaoyan Zhang: zhangxiaoyan@shphc.org.cn; Chen Zhao: chen_zhao72@163.com; Ping Zhao: pnzhao@163.com
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2021.1957400
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Fudan University, Second Military Medical University, Peking University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, cell-based vaccine, neutralizing antibodies, immune response, pathology, mice, primates
Summary of Study: The data present strong evidence supporting the promise of K562-S (a novel cell-based vaccine candidate that uses human cell K562 as a cellular carrier to display Spike (S) protein on the membrane) as a new effective vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19.
References: PMID: 34304724 / doi: 10.1080/22221751.2021.1957400
Contact Info: Jianqing Xu: xujianqing@shphc.org.cn; Xiaoyan Zhang: zhangxiaoyan@shphc.org.cn; Chen Zhao: chen_zhao72@163.com; Ping Zhao: pnzhao@163.com
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2021.1957400
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: olive baboons
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Novavax, University of Maryland, University of Oklahoma, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, subunit vaccine (NVX-CoV2373), mice and primates
Summary of Study: Administering a subunit vaccine (NVX-CoV2373) constructed from the full-length S-protein, with Matrix-M adjuvant in a nonhuman primate model induces B- and T-cell responses, hACE2-receptor-blocking antibodies, and SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies. These results support the clinical development of the NVX-C0V2373 vaccine for prevention of COVID-19.
References: PMID: 33446655 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20653-8
Contact Info: Gale Smith: gsmith@novavax.com
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20653-8
NHP Species: olive baboons
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Novavax, University of Maryland, University of Oklahoma, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, subunit vaccine (NVX-CoV2373), mice and primates
Summary of Study: Administering a subunit vaccine (NVX-CoV2373) constructed from the full-length S-protein, with Matrix-M adjuvant in a nonhuman primate model induces B- and T-cell responses, hACE2-receptor-blocking antibodies, and SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies. These results support the clinical development of the NVX-C0V2373 vaccine for prevention of COVID-19.
References: PMID: 33446655 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20653-8
Contact Info: Gale Smith: gsmith@novavax.com
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20653-8
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Indian Veterinary Research Institute and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, domestic and wild animal species, public health
Summary of Study: This review analyzes the current evidence of SARS-CoV-2 natural infection in domestic and wild animal species and their possible implications on public health.
References: PMID: 33892621 / doi: 10.1080/01652176/2021.1921311
Contact Info: Khan Sharun: sharunkhansk@gmail.com; Kuldeep Dhama: kdhama@rediffmail.com
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8128218/pdf/TVEQ_41_1921311.pdf
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Indian Veterinary Research Institute and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, domestic and wild animal species, public health
Summary of Study: This review analyzes the current evidence of SARS-CoV-2 natural infection in domestic and wild animal species and their possible implications on public health.
References: PMID: 33892621 / doi: 10.1080/01652176/2021.1921311
Contact Info: Khan Sharun: sharunkhansk@gmail.com; Kuldeep Dhama: kdhama@rediffmail.com
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8128218/pdf/TVEQ_41_1921311.pdf
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Texas Medical Branch
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, convalescent sera, primates
Summary of Study: Convalescent plasma therapy in humans may be an effective strategy provided that donor sera contain high anti-SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing titers given in early states of the disease.
References: PMID: 33662255 / doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108837
Contact Info: Thomas W. Geisbert:
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124721001510?via%3Dihub=
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Texas Medical Branch
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, convalescent sera, primates
Summary of Study: Convalescent plasma therapy in humans may be an effective strategy provided that donor sera contain high anti-SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing titers given in early states of the disease.
References: PMID: 33662255 / doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108837
Contact Info: Thomas W. Geisbert:
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124721001510?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Washington Univ SOM, NIAID
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus-vectored vaccine, immunogenicity and protective efficacy, primates
Summary of Study: A single intranasal dose of ChAd-SARS-CoV-2-S induces neutralizing antibodies and T cell responses and limits or prevents infection in the upper and lower respiratory tracts after SARS-CoV-2 challenge in rhesus macaques.
References: PMID: 33754147 / doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100230
Contact Info: Heinz Feldmann: feldmannh@niaid.nih.gov; Michael Diamond: diamond@wusm.wustl.edu
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266637912100046X?via%3Dihub=
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Washington Univ SOM, NIAID
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus-vectored vaccine, immunogenicity and protective efficacy, primates
Summary of Study: A single intranasal dose of ChAd-SARS-CoV-2-S induces neutralizing antibodies and T cell responses and limits or prevents infection in the upper and lower respiratory tracts after SARS-CoV-2 challenge in rhesus macaques.
References: PMID: 33754147 / doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100230
Contact Info: Heinz Feldmann: feldmannh@niaid.nih.gov; Michael Diamond: diamond@wusm.wustl.edu
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266637912100046X?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: NIAID/NIH; CureVac AG
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-vaccine, spike protein, humoral and cellular immune responses, primates
Summary of Study: Prime-boost vaccination with 4 ug of vaccine candidate CV07050101 resulted in limited mimmune responses in four out of six non-human primates.
References: PMID: 34452509 / doi: 10.3390/v13081645
Contact Info: Vincent Munster: vincent.munster@nih.gov
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/8/1645
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: NIAID/NIH; CureVac AG
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-vaccine, spike protein, humoral and cellular immune responses, primates
Summary of Study: Prime-boost vaccination with 4 ug of vaccine candidate CV07050101 resulted in limited mimmune responses in four out of six non-human primates.
References: PMID: 34452509 / doi: 10.3390/v13081645
Contact Info: Vincent Munster: vincent.munster@nih.gov
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/8/1645
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NIH
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, single-cell RNA sequencing, lung cells, primates
Summary of Study: Monocyte-derived macrophages recruited to the lungs, rather than tissue-resident alveolar macrophages, were most likely to be responsible for phagocytosis of infected cells and cellular debris early in infection, with their roles switching during clearance of infection.
References: PMID: 33431511 / doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abe8146
Contact Info: Emmie DeWit: dewit@nih.gov
URL: https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/13/578/eabe8146.short
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NIH
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, single-cell RNA sequencing, lung cells, primates
Summary of Study: Monocyte-derived macrophages recruited to the lungs, rather than tissue-resident alveolar macrophages, were most likely to be responsible for phagocytosis of infected cells and cellular debris early in infection, with their roles switching during clearance of infection.
References: PMID: 33431511 / doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abe8146
Contact Info: Emmie DeWit: dewit@nih.gov
URL: https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/13/578/eabe8146.short
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NCR Biotech Science Cluster; Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur; Krishi Vigyan Kendra; Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research and Super Speciality Hospital
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, zoonotic diseases, one health approach, multiple species, primates
Summary of Study: This review examines the different natural and experimentally induced cases of human to animal SARS-CoV-2 infection (reverse zoonosis).
References: PMID: 34903944 / doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2021.2817-2826
Contact Info: R. Kumar Pramod: drpramodr@gmail.com
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8654767/pdf/Vetworld-14-2817.pdf
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NCR Biotech Science Cluster; Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur; Krishi Vigyan Kendra; Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research and Super Speciality Hospital
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, zoonotic diseases, one health approach, multiple species, primates
Summary of Study: This review examines the different natural and experimentally induced cases of human to animal SARS-CoV-2 infection (reverse zoonosis).
References: PMID: 34903944 / doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2021.2817-2826
Contact Info: R. Kumar Pramod: drpramodr@gmail.com
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8654767/pdf/Vetworld-14-2817.pdf
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Harvard Medical School; CureVac AG; Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Bioqual; Washington University School of Medicine; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA vaccine, immunogenicity, protective efficacy, primates
Summary of Study: Optimization of non-coding regions can greatly improve the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a non-modified mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in nonhuman primates.
References: PMID: 34794169 / doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04231-6
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: dbarouch@bidmc.harvard.edu; Susanne Rauch: Susanne.rauch@curevac.com
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04231-6
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Harvard Medical School; CureVac AG; Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Bioqual; Washington University School of Medicine; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA vaccine, immunogenicity, protective efficacy, primates
Summary of Study: Optimization of non-coding regions can greatly improve the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a non-modified mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in nonhuman primates.
References: PMID: 34794169 / doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04231-6
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: dbarouch@bidmc.harvard.edu; Susanne Rauch: Susanne.rauch@curevac.com
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04231-6
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tsukuba, Japan; Osaka University; Gunma University; The University of Tokyo; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mie University Graduate School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pathogenicity, old animals, pathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: The COVID-19 cynomolgus monkey model reflects the pathophysiology of humans and would be useful for elucidating the pathophysiology and developing therapeutic agents and vaccines.
References: PMID: 34625475 / doi: 10.1073/pnas.2104847118
Contact Info: Yasuhiro Yasutomi: yasutomi@nibiohn.go.jp
URL: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/43/e2104847118.long
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tsukuba, Japan; Osaka University; Gunma University; The University of Tokyo; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mie University Graduate School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pathogenicity, old animals, pathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: The COVID-19 cynomolgus monkey model reflects the pathophysiology of humans and would be useful for elucidating the pathophysiology and developing therapeutic agents and vaccines.
References: PMID: 34625475 / doi: 10.1073/pnas.2104847118
Contact Info: Yasuhiro Yasutomi: yasutomi@nibiohn.go.jp
URL: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/43/e2104847118.long
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Harvard Medical School; Janssen Vaccines & Prevention; Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine; Bioqual; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus vectored COVID-19 vaccine, virus transduction, primates
Summary of Study: A single immunization with relatively low dose of Ad26.COV2.S effectively protected against SARS-CV-2 challenge in rhesus macaques, although a higher vaccine dose may be required for protection in the upper respiratory tract.
References: PMID: 34133941 / doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.05.040
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: dbarouch@bidmc.harvard.edu
URL: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00693-0?_returnURL=https%3A//l…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Harvard Medical School; Janssen Vaccines & Prevention; Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine; Bioqual; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus vectored COVID-19 vaccine, virus transduction, primates
Summary of Study: A single immunization with relatively low dose of Ad26.COV2.S effectively protected against SARS-CV-2 challenge in rhesus macaques, although a higher vaccine dose may be required for protection in the upper respiratory tract.
References: PMID: 34133941 / doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.05.040
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: dbarouch@bidmc.harvard.edu
URL: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00693-0?_returnURL=https%3A//l…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; Guangzhou Medical University; UT Southwestern Medical Center; and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, fusion protein vaccine, immune response, rodents and primates
Summary of Study: the pan-epitope modified human I-R-F (I-P-R-F) vaccine provides rapid and complete protection throughout the upper and lower respiratory tracts against a high-dose SARS-C0V-2 challenge in rhesus macaques.
References: PMID: 34267349 / doi: 10.1038/s41422-021-00531-8
Contact Info: Yang-Xin Fu: Yang-Xin.Fu@UTSouthwestern.edu
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-021-00531-8
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shenzhen Third People's Hospital; Guangzhou Medical University; UT Southwestern Medical Center; and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, fusion protein vaccine, immune response, rodents and primates
Summary of Study: the pan-epitope modified human I-R-F (I-P-R-F) vaccine provides rapid and complete protection throughout the upper and lower respiratory tracts against a high-dose SARS-C0V-2 challenge in rhesus macaques.
References: PMID: 34267349 / doi: 10.1038/s41422-021-00531-8
Contact Info: Yang-Xin Fu: Yang-Xin.Fu@UTSouthwestern.edu
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-021-00531-8
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Milad Daro Noor Pharmaceutical (MDNP) Co., Iran; Stem Cell Technology Research Center (STRC); Imam Hussein University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, inactivated vaccine candidate, immunization, immune response, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, primates
Summary of Study: FAKHRAVAC, a purified inactivated SARS-CoV-2 virus vaccine candidate induced neutralizing antibodies in Balb/c mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, and rhesus macaques.
References: PMID: 34835202 / doi: 10.3390/vaccines9111271
Contact Info: Ahmad Karimi Rahjerdi: A-Karimi@mdnp.ir or rahjerdi@strc.ac.ir
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/11/1271
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Milad Daro Noor Pharmaceutical (MDNP) Co., Iran; Stem Cell Technology Research Center (STRC); Imam Hussein University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, inactivated vaccine candidate, immunization, immune response, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, primates
Summary of Study: FAKHRAVAC, a purified inactivated SARS-CoV-2 virus vaccine candidate induced neutralizing antibodies in Balb/c mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, and rhesus macaques.
References: PMID: 34835202 / doi: 10.3390/vaccines9111271
Contact Info: Ahmad Karimi Rahjerdi: A-Karimi@mdnp.ir or rahjerdi@strc.ac.ir
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/11/1271
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Eli Lilly and Co., AbCellera Biologics, UNC - Chapel Hill, University of Texas Medical Branch, and others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, monoclonal antibodies, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: LY-CoV555 (aka bamlanivimab), a potent anti-spike neutralizing antibody from a hospitalized, convalescent patient with COVID-19 was followed in a pharmacokinetic study in cynomolgus monkeys and in a challenge model in rhesus macaques, where it showed impressive results. Currently in clinical testing.
References: PMID: 33820835 / doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abf1906
Contact Info: Bryan Jones: jones_bryan_edward@lilly.com; Ester Falconer: ester.falconer@abcellera.com
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abf1906?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rf…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Eli Lilly and Co., AbCellera Biologics, UNC - Chapel Hill, University of Texas Medical Branch, and others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, monoclonal antibodies, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: LY-CoV555 (aka bamlanivimab), a potent anti-spike neutralizing antibody from a hospitalized, convalescent patient with COVID-19 was followed in a pharmacokinetic study in cynomolgus monkeys and in a challenge model in rhesus macaques, where it showed impressive results. Currently in clinical testing.
References: PMID: 33820835 / doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abf1906
Contact Info: Bryan Jones: jones_bryan_edward@lilly.com; Ester Falconer: ester.falconer@abcellera.com
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abf1906?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rf…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Washington Univ, SW National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, transcriptional signatures, juvenile and old animals, lungs, primates
Summary of Study: Transcriptional profiles of lungs from juvenile and old macaques infected with SARS-CoV-2 were interrogated, providing fundamentally new information on the host response in young and old macaques. This model provides relevant insights necessary for further vaccine and therapeutic development for COVID-19.
References: PMID: 33674719 / doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-01829-4
Contact Info: Makedonka Mitreva: mmitreva@wustl.edu; Deepak Kaushal: dkaushal@txbiomed.org
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-01829-4
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Washington Univ, SW National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, transcriptional signatures, juvenile and old animals, lungs, primates
Summary of Study: Transcriptional profiles of lungs from juvenile and old macaques infected with SARS-CoV-2 were interrogated, providing fundamentally new information on the host response in young and old macaques. This model provides relevant insights necessary for further vaccine and therapeutic development for COVID-19.
References: PMID: 33674719 / doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-01829-4
Contact Info: Makedonka Mitreva: mmitreva@wustl.edu; Deepak Kaushal: dkaushal@txbiomed.org
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-01829-4
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Hebei Agricultural University; Military Veterinary Research Institute
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, aerosol particles, viruse transduction, primates
Summary of Study: Most SARS-CoV-2 aerosol particles exhaled by the cynomolgus monkeys in this study were smaller (<4.7 um), suggesting that aerosols might be a route for SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
References: PMID: 34152969 / doi: 10.3201/eid2707.203948
Contact Info: Yuwei Gao: gaoyuwei@gmail.com
URL: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/7/20-3948_article
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Hebei Agricultural University; Military Veterinary Research Institute
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, aerosol particles, viruse transduction, primates
Summary of Study: Most SARS-CoV-2 aerosol particles exhaled by the cynomolgus monkeys in this study were smaller (<4.7 um), suggesting that aerosols might be a route for SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
References: PMID: 34152969 / doi: 10.3201/eid2707.203948
Contact Info: Yuwei Gao: gaoyuwei@gmail.com
URL: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/7/20-3948_article
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Nankai University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, monoclonal antibodies, structure analysis, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: The engineered antibody P4A1 (originally identified from COVID-19 convalescent patients) exhibits an optimized pharmacokinetic and safety profile, and results in complete viral clearance in a rhesus monkey model of COVID-19 following a single injection.
References: PMID: 33976198 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22926-2
Contact Info: Yu Guo: guoyu@nankai.edu.cn; Hongkai Zhang: hongkai@nankai.edu.cn
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22926-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Nankai University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, monoclonal antibodies, structure analysis, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: The engineered antibody P4A1 (originally identified from COVID-19 convalescent patients) exhibits an optimized pharmacokinetic and safety profile, and results in complete viral clearance in a rhesus monkey model of COVID-19 following a single injection.
References: PMID: 33976198 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22926-2
Contact Info: Yu Guo: guoyu@nankai.edu.cn; Hongkai Zhang: hongkai@nankai.edu.cn
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22926-2
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, neurotropism, central neural system, virus transduction, primates
Summary of Study: The olfactory route is a potential way for SARS-CoV-2 to invade the central nervous system of rhesus monkeys.
References: PMID: 33895780 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-021-00591-7
Contact Info: Xiaozhong Peng: pengxiaozhong@pumc.edu.cn; Shuaiyao Lu: lushuaiyao-km@163.com; Hongqi Liu: lhq@imbcams.com.cn
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-021-00591-7
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, neurotropism, central neural system, virus transduction, primates
Summary of Study: The olfactory route is a potential way for SARS-CoV-2 to invade the central nervous system of rhesus monkeys.
References: PMID: 33895780 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-021-00591-7
Contact Info: Xiaozhong Peng: pengxiaozhong@pumc.edu.cn; Shuaiyao Lu: lushuaiyao-km@163.com; Hongqi Liu: lhq@imbcams.com.cn
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-021-00591-7
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: ORIP, NIH
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, the use of primates for COVID research, animal resources
Summary of Study: The SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the demand for specific-pathogen-free (SFP) NHPs for development of vaccines and therapeutics. Non-SPF animals, which are available in greater numbers and include well-characterized primate species, should be considered in lieu of limited SPF animals for appropriate research studies.
References: doi: 10.1038/s41684-021-00810-2
Contact Info: Miguel Contreras: miguel.contreras
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41684-021-00810-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: ORIP, NIH
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, the use of primates for COVID research, animal resources
Summary of Study: The SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the demand for specific-pathogen-free (SFP) NHPs for development of vaccines and therapeutics. Non-SPF animals, which are available in greater numbers and include well-characterized primate species, should be considered in lieu of limited SPF animals for appropriate research studies.
References: doi: 10.1038/s41684-021-00810-2
Contact Info: Miguel Contreras: miguel.contreras
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41684-021-00810-2
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: pigtail macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center; Tulane University School of Medicine; Florida State University; University of Texas Medical Branch; Perelman School of Medicine; Duke University Medical Center; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, respiratory viral challenge, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Data demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 infection of pigtail macaques recapitulates important features of COVID-19 and reveals new immune and viral dynamics and thus may serve as a useful animal model for studying pathogenesis and testing vaccines and therapeutics.
References: PMID: 34929014 / doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010162
Contact Info: Nicholas Maness: nmaness@tulane.edu
URL: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010162
NHP Species: pigtail macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center; Tulane University School of Medicine; Florida State University; University of Texas Medical Branch; Perelman School of Medicine; Duke University Medical Center; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, respiratory viral challenge, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Data demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 infection of pigtail macaques recapitulates important features of COVID-19 and reveals new immune and viral dynamics and thus may serve as a useful animal model for studying pathogenesis and testing vaccines and therapeutics.
References: PMID: 34929014 / doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010162
Contact Info: Nicholas Maness: nmaness@tulane.edu
URL: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010162
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: University of Washington; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Stanford University School of Medicine; Institut Pasteur and CNRS UMR 3569; New Iberia Research Center and Department of Biology; Washington National Primate Research Center; University of Texas at Austin; GSK; Humabs Biomed SA; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation\
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine design, spike glycoprotein, receptor-binding domain, self-assembling nanoparticle, sarbecovirus, primates
Summary of Study: This study provides proof of the principle that multivalent sarbecovirus RBD-NPs induce heterotypic protection and motivates advancing such broadly protective sarbecovirus vaccines to the clinic.
References: PMID: 34619077 / doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.09.015
Contact Info: Neil King: neil@ipd.uw.edu; David Veesler: dveesler@uw.edu
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009286742101062X?via%3Dihub=
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: University of Washington; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Stanford University School of Medicine; Institut Pasteur and CNRS UMR 3569; New Iberia Research Center and Department of Biology; Washington National Primate Research Center; University of Texas at Austin; GSK; Humabs Biomed SA; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation\
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine design, spike glycoprotein, receptor-binding domain, self-assembling nanoparticle, sarbecovirus, primates
Summary of Study: This study provides proof of the principle that multivalent sarbecovirus RBD-NPs induce heterotypic protection and motivates advancing such broadly protective sarbecovirus vaccines to the clinic.
References: PMID: 34619077 / doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.09.015
Contact Info: Neil King: neil@ipd.uw.edu; David Veesler: dveesler@uw.edu
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009286742101062X?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane University, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, LSU Health Science Center, Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg, and more
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, endotheliopathy, inflammation, primates, mice
Summary of Study: In addition to pneumocytes, SARS-CoV-2 also directly infects mature vascular endothelial cells in vivo and ex vivo which may contribute to cardiovascular complications in SARS-CoV-2 infection, including multipleorgan failure.
References: PMID: 34307198 / doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.701278
Contact Info: Xuebin Qin: xqin2@tulane.edu; Suleyman Ergun: sueleyman.erguen@uni-wuerzburg.de
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8292147/
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane University, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, LSU Health Science Center, Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg, and more
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, endotheliopathy, inflammation, primates, mice
Summary of Study: In addition to pneumocytes, SARS-CoV-2 also directly infects mature vascular endothelial cells in vivo and ex vivo which may contribute to cardiovascular complications in SARS-CoV-2 infection, including multipleorgan failure.
References: PMID: 34307198 / doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.701278
Contact Info: Xuebin Qin: xqin2@tulane.edu; Suleyman Ergun: sueleyman.erguen@uni-wuerzburg.de
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8292147/
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Huazhong University of Science & Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Peking University; Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd.; and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, ACE2-blocking monoclonal antibody, receptor-binding domain, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: The ACE2-blocking MAb represents a broadly promising therapeutic candidate against emergence, re-emergence, and future zoonotic transmission events from SARSr-CoVs and variants.
References: PMID: 34404805 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25331-x
Contact Info: Wenjie Tan: tanwj@ivdc.chinacdc.cn
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-25331-x
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Huazhong University of Science & Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Peking University; Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd.; and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, ACE2-blocking monoclonal antibody, receptor-binding domain, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: The ACE2-blocking MAb represents a broadly promising therapeutic candidate against emergence, re-emergence, and future zoonotic transmission events from SARSr-CoVs and variants.
References: PMID: 34404805 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25331-x
Contact Info: Wenjie Tan: tanwj@ivdc.chinacdc.cn
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-25331-x
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Harvard Medical School; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard; UNC Chapel Hill; Tufts University; Janssen Vaccines & Prevention.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus vectored COVID-19 vaccine, humoral and cellular immune responses, genome variants, primates
Summary of Study: The Ad26.COV2.S vaccine provided robust protection against both WA1/2020 and B.1.351 variants.
References: PMID: 34161961 / doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03732-8
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: dbarouch@bidmc.harvard.edu
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03732-8
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Harvard Medical School; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard; UNC Chapel Hill; Tufts University; Janssen Vaccines & Prevention.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus vectored COVID-19 vaccine, humoral and cellular immune responses, genome variants, primates
Summary of Study: The Ad26.COV2.S vaccine provided robust protection against both WA1/2020 and B.1.351 variants.
References: PMID: 34161961 / doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03732-8
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: dbarouch@bidmc.harvard.edu
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03732-8
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Erasmus Medical Center, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Utrecht University, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, inactivated virus vaccine, immune response, pathology, mice, primates
Summary of Study: The surrogate virus-neutralization test (sVNT) detects high titers of RBD-binding antibodies and thus is potentially useful as an assay for large seroprevalence studies that aim at detecting high titers (vaccination trials or large-scale initial testing of potential animal reservoirs.)
References: PMID: 34458548 / doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100313
Contact Info: Carmen Embregts: c.embregts@erasmusmc.nl; Corine GeurtsvanKessel: c. geurtsvankessel@erasmusmc.nl
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771421001038?via%3Dihub=
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Erasmus Medical Center, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Utrecht University, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, inactivated virus vaccine, immune response, pathology, mice, primates
Summary of Study: The surrogate virus-neutralization test (sVNT) detects high titers of RBD-binding antibodies and thus is potentially useful as an assay for large seroprevalence studies that aim at detecting high titers (vaccination trials or large-scale initial testing of potential animal reservoirs.)
References: PMID: 34458548 / doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100313
Contact Info: Carmen Embregts: c.embregts@erasmusmc.nl; Corine GeurtsvanKessel: c. geurtsvankessel@erasmusmc.nl
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771421001038?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: marmosets
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Russian Academy of Sciences; Sechenov First Moscow State Medical Univeristy; Lomonosov Moscow State University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, inactivated vaccine, long-term humoral immunogenicity, toxicity, mice, hamsters, primates
Summary of Study: A beta-propiolactone-inactivated whole virion vaccine (CoviVac) was asses and showed no signs of acute/chronic, reproductive, embryo- and fetotoxicity or teratogenic effects, as well as no allergenic properties in the animal species studied.
References: PMID: 34427172 / doi: 10.1080/22221751.2021.1971569
Contact Info: Liubov Kozlovskaya: lubov_i_k@mail.ru
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2021.1971569
NHP Species: marmosets
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Russian Academy of Sciences; Sechenov First Moscow State Medical Univeristy; Lomonosov Moscow State University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, inactivated vaccine, long-term humoral immunogenicity, toxicity, mice, hamsters, primates
Summary of Study: A beta-propiolactone-inactivated whole virion vaccine (CoviVac) was asses and showed no signs of acute/chronic, reproductive, embryo- and fetotoxicity or teratogenic effects, as well as no allergenic properties in the animal species studied.
References: PMID: 34427172 / doi: 10.1080/22221751.2021.1971569
Contact Info: Liubov Kozlovskaya: lubov_i_k@mail.ru
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2021.1971569
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: North Carolina State University; UNC-Chapel Hill; BreStem Therapeutics, Bioqual, Inc.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, ACE2 nanodecoys, inhalation therapy, mice and primates
Summary of Study: ACE2 nanodecoys derived from human lung spheroid cells (LSCs) can bind and neutralize SARS-CoV-2. In cynomolgus macaques challenged with live SARS-CoV-2, four doses of these nanodecoys delivered by inhalation promoted viral clearance and reduced lung injury. these results suggest that LSC-nanodecoys can serve as a potential therapeutic agent for treating COVID-19.
References: PMID: 34140674 / doi: 10.1038/s41565-021-00923-2
Contact Info: Ke Cheng: ke_cheng@ncsu.edu
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-021-00923-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: North Carolina State University; UNC-Chapel Hill; BreStem Therapeutics, Bioqual, Inc.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, ACE2 nanodecoys, inhalation therapy, mice and primates
Summary of Study: ACE2 nanodecoys derived from human lung spheroid cells (LSCs) can bind and neutralize SARS-CoV-2. In cynomolgus macaques challenged with live SARS-CoV-2, four doses of these nanodecoys delivered by inhalation promoted viral clearance and reduced lung injury. these results suggest that LSC-nanodecoys can serve as a potential therapeutic agent for treating COVID-19.
References: PMID: 34140674 / doi: 10.1038/s41565-021-00923-2
Contact Info: Ke Cheng: ke_cheng@ncsu.edu
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-021-00923-2
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: NIAID/NIH; Emory University; Duke University Medical Center; Moderna; BIOQUAL
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-vaccine, immune response, hamsters, primates
Summary of Study: mRNA-1273 vaccine-induced antibody responses are a mechanistic correlate of protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in NHP.
References: PMID: 34529476 / doi: 10.1126/science.abj0299
Contact Info: Barney Graham: bgraham@nih.gov; Robert Seder: rseder@mail.nih.gov
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj0299?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: NIAID/NIH; Emory University; Duke University Medical Center; Moderna; BIOQUAL
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-vaccine, immune response, hamsters, primates
Summary of Study: mRNA-1273 vaccine-induced antibody responses are a mechanistic correlate of protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in NHP.
References: PMID: 34529476 / doi: 10.1126/science.abj0299
Contact Info: Barney Graham: bgraham@nih.gov; Robert Seder: rseder@mail.nih.gov
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj0299?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: pigtail macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: SARS-CoV-2-infected northern pig-tailed macaques could be considered as a critically ill animal model in COVID-19 research.
References: PMID: 33998182 / doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.334
Contact Info: Yong-Tang Zheng: zhengyt@mail.kiz.ac.cn
URL: http://www.zoores.ac.cn/article/doi/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.334
NHP Species: pigtail macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: SARS-CoV-2-infected northern pig-tailed macaques could be considered as a critically ill animal model in COVID-19 research.
References: PMID: 33998182 / doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.334
Contact Info: Yong-Tang Zheng: zhengyt@mail.kiz.ac.cn
URL: http://www.zoores.ac.cn/article/doi/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.334
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Texas Medical Branch
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, apoptosis, lung tissues, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Significant increases in apoptotic signals in postmortem lung sections from COVID-19 patients and lungs of NHPs infected with SARS-CoV-2 on day 21 p.i.
References: PMID: 33922476 / doi: 10.3390/pathogens10050509
Contact Info: Paul Boor: pboor@utmb.edu; Jason Comer: jscomer@utmb.edu; Bin Gong: bigong@utmb.edu
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/10/5/509
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Texas Medical Branch
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, apoptosis, lung tissues, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Significant increases in apoptotic signals in postmortem lung sections from COVID-19 patients and lungs of NHPs infected with SARS-CoV-2 on day 21 p.i.
References: PMID: 33922476 / doi: 10.3390/pathogens10050509
Contact Info: Paul Boor: pboor@utmb.edu; Jason Comer: jscomer@utmb.edu; Bin Gong: bigong@utmb.edu
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/10/5/509
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Weill Cornell Medical College
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccines, antibody and T cell immunogenicity, review, primates
Summary of Study: This review article looks at what is known of the antibody and T cell immunogenicity of vaccines that have advanced to human clinical trials. Includes summary of press releases on the outcomes of vaccine efficacy trials.
References: PMID: 33608249 / doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe8065
Contact Info: John P. Moore: jpm2003@med.cornell.edu
URL: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/12/eabe8065
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Weill Cornell Medical College
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccines, antibody and T cell immunogenicity, review, primates
Summary of Study: This review article looks at what is known of the antibody and T cell immunogenicity of vaccines that have advanced to human clinical trials. Includes summary of press releases on the outcomes of vaccine efficacy trials.
References: PMID: 33608249 / doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe8065
Contact Info: John P. Moore: jpm2003@med.cornell.edu
URL: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/12/eabe8065
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NIH
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, different primate species
Summary of Study: The authors advocate for baboons as a viable alternative to rhesus macaques in SARS-CoV-2 research.
References: PMID: 33785923 / doi:10.1038/s41684-021-00755-6
Contact Info: Michael Chang: changmic@mail.nih.gov
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41684-021-00755-6
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NIH
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, different primate species
Summary of Study: The authors advocate for baboons as a viable alternative to rhesus macaques in SARS-CoV-2 research.
References: PMID: 33785923 / doi:10.1038/s41684-021-00755-6
Contact Info: Michael Chang: changmic@mail.nih.gov
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41684-021-00755-6
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Shanghai Zerun Biotechnology Co., Ltd.; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Comparative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical College; Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University; Wuhan University; National Institute for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC)
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, recombinant vaccine, spike trimer, immunogenicity, mice, hamsters, primates
Summary of Study: A recombinant spike protein vaccine adjuvanted with aluminium hydroxide and CpG 7909 showed high immunogenicity and good protective efficacy in preclinical studies, supporting further clinical trials.
References: PMID: 34750014 / doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.10.066
Contact Info: Ge Liu: liuge@walvax.com; Jiangning Liu: liujn@cnilas.org.cn; Youhua Xie: yhxie@fudan.edu.cn; Zhongyu Hu: huzy67@163.com
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X21013992?via%3Dihub=
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2021
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Shanghai Zerun Biotechnology Co., Ltd.; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Comparative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical College; Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University; Wuhan University; National Institute for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC)
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, recombinant vaccine, spike trimer, immunogenicity, mice, hamsters, primates
Summary of Study: A recombinant spike protein vaccine adjuvanted with aluminium hydroxide and CpG 7909 showed high immunogenicity and good protective efficacy in preclinical studies, supporting further clinical trials.
References: PMID: 34750014 / doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.10.066
Contact Info: Ge Liu: liuge@walvax.com; Jiangning Liu: liujn@cnilas.org.cn; Youhua Xie: yhxie@fudan.edu.cn; Zhongyu Hu: huzy67@163.com
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X21013992?via%3Dihub=