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:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, interferon (IFN)-armed receptor-binding domain, immune response, 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-CoV-2 challenge in rhesus macaques.
References: doi: 10.1038/s41422-021-00531-8
Contact Info: Hua Peng: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-021-00531-8/email/correspondent/c3/new
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-021-00531-8
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, interferon (IFN)-armed receptor-binding domain, immune response, 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-CoV-2 challenge in rhesus macaques.
References: doi: 10.1038/s41422-021-00531-8
Contact Info: Hua Peng: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-021-00531-8/email/correspondent/c3/new
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-021-00531-8
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Harvard Medical School
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Multiplexed proteomics and imaging, acute respiratory distress, primates
Summary of Study: The data in this paper highlight the ability of proteomics, imaging, and spatial transcriptomics of the same specimens to trace successive steps in diverse regulatory cascades. This approach is applicable to any fixed tissue. No other approach involving readily available histological specimens provides a similarly integrated picture of a disease process.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.14.339952
Contact Info: Marian Kalocsay: [email protected]; Peter Sorger: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.14.339952v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Harvard Medical School
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Multiplexed proteomics and imaging, acute respiratory distress, primates
Summary of Study: The data in this paper highlight the ability of proteomics, imaging, and spatial transcriptomics of the same specimens to trace successive steps in diverse regulatory cascades. This approach is applicable to any fixed tissue. No other approach involving readily available histological specimens provides a similarly integrated picture of a disease process.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.14.339952
Contact Info: Marian Kalocsay: [email protected]; Peter Sorger: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.14.339952v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: SWNPRC/BioNtech
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, RNA vaccine, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: This study challenged immunization with the BNT162b2 vaccine candidate containing mRNA encoding for the spike glycoprotein in mice and monkeys. Immunization in mice induced a strong immune response and immunization in monkeys fully protected the animal's lungs from SARS-CoV-2 infection.
References: doi: 10.1101/2020.09.08.280818
Contact Info: Ugur Sahin; Email: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.08.280818v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: SWNPRC/BioNtech
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, RNA vaccine, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: This study challenged immunization with the BNT162b2 vaccine candidate containing mRNA encoding for the spike glycoprotein in mice and monkeys. Immunization in mice induced a strong immune response and immunization in monkeys fully protected the animal's lungs from SARS-CoV-2 infection.
References: doi: 10.1101/2020.09.08.280818
Contact Info: Ugur Sahin; Email: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.08.280818v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Duke University School of Medicine; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; NIAID; Division of Viral Products, FDA; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; University of Pennsylvania; Corporate Research Materials Lab, 3M Company; Infectious Disease Research Institute; BIOQUAL
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, ferritin nanoparticle (RBD-scNP) vaccine, virus variants, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Study demonstrates that scNP vaccines with SARS-CoV-2 spike or spike subunits confer potent protection in NHPs against WA-1, Beta and Delta variants, and that they induce neutralizing antibodies to all SARS-CoV-2 variants tested in vitro.
References: doi: 10.1101/2022.01.26.477915
Contact Info: Kevin Saunders: [email protected]; Barton Haynes: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.26.477915v2
NHP Species:
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Duke University School of Medicine; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; NIAID; Division of Viral Products, FDA; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; University of Pennsylvania; Corporate Research Materials Lab, 3M Company; Infectious Disease Research Institute; BIOQUAL
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, ferritin nanoparticle (RBD-scNP) vaccine, virus variants, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Study demonstrates that scNP vaccines with SARS-CoV-2 spike or spike subunits confer potent protection in NHPs against WA-1, Beta and Delta variants, and that they induce neutralizing antibodies to all SARS-CoV-2 variants tested in vitro.
References: doi: 10.1101/2022.01.26.477915
Contact Info: Kevin Saunders: [email protected]; Barton Haynes: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.26.477915v2
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: MIT, Harvard Medical School, Vaccine Analytics and Formulation Center (Univ. of Kansas), Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (Tufts Univ.), SpyBiotech Ltd., Bioqual, Bill & Melinda Gates Fdtn.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, protein subunit vaccine, manufacturing, preclinical testing, primates
Summary of Study: A modular protein subunit vaccine candidate elicits a strong immune response in cynomolgus macaques and protects against SARS-CoV-2 challenge. This vaccine candidate is currently being tested in clinical trials (ANZCTR Registration number ACTRN12620000817943).
References: PMID: 34282417 / doi: 10.1101/2021.07.13.452251
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]; J. Christopher Love: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.13.452251v1
NHP Species:
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: MIT, Harvard Medical School, Vaccine Analytics and Formulation Center (Univ. of Kansas), Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (Tufts Univ.), SpyBiotech Ltd., Bioqual, Bill & Melinda Gates Fdtn.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, protein subunit vaccine, manufacturing, preclinical testing, primates
Summary of Study: A modular protein subunit vaccine candidate elicits a strong immune response in cynomolgus macaques and protects against SARS-CoV-2 challenge. This vaccine candidate is currently being tested in clinical trials (ANZCTR Registration number ACTRN12620000817943).
References: PMID: 34282417 / doi: 10.1101/2021.07.13.452251
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]; J. Christopher Love: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.13.452251v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Harvard, MIT, Emory University School of Medicine, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adjuvanted soluble protein vaccine, binding and functional neutralization assays, serology, primates
Summary of Study: Antibodies induced by the AS03-adjuvanted preS dTM vaccine are sufficient to mediate protection against SARS-CoV-2 and support the evaluation of this vaccine in human clinical trials.
References: PMID: 33688652 / doi: 10.1101/2021.03.02.433390
Contact Info: Robert Seder: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.02.433390v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Harvard, MIT, Emory University School of Medicine, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adjuvanted soluble protein vaccine, binding and functional neutralization assays, serology, primates
Summary of Study: Antibodies induced by the AS03-adjuvanted preS dTM vaccine are sufficient to mediate protection against SARS-CoV-2 and support the evaluation of this vaccine in human clinical trials.
References: PMID: 33688652 / doi: 10.1101/2021.03.02.433390
Contact Info: Robert Seder: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.02.433390v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: ReiThera Sri, Rome, Italy; The University of Nottingham
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, gorilla adenovirus-vectored vaccine, primates
Summary of Study: Vaccine candidate, GRAd-COV2, is highly immunogenic in both mice and cynomolgus macaques, eliciting both functional antibodies which neutralize SARS-CoV-2 infection and block Spike protein binding to the ACE2 receptor, and a robust, Th1-dominated cellular response in the periphery and in the lung.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.22.349951
Contact Info: Alessandra Vitelli: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.22.349951v1
NHP Species:
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: ReiThera Sri, Rome, Italy; The University of Nottingham
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, gorilla adenovirus-vectored vaccine, primates
Summary of Study: Vaccine candidate, GRAd-COV2, is highly immunogenic in both mice and cynomolgus macaques, eliciting both functional antibodies which neutralize SARS-CoV-2 infection and block Spike protein binding to the ACE2 receptor, and a robust, Th1-dominated cellular response in the periphery and in the lung.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.22.349951
Contact Info: Alessandra Vitelli: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.22.349951v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Sanofi Pasteur, GSK
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus genomic variants, vaccine boosters, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: One booster dose of AS03-adjuvanted CoV2 preS dTM, D614 (parental) or B.1.351 (Beta), in monovalent of bivalent formulations, significantly booster pre-existing neutralizing antibodies and elicited high and stable cross-neutralizing antibodies covering the four known SARS-CV-2 variants of concern.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.09.20.461023
Contact Info: Valerie Lecouturier: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.20.461023v1
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Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Sanofi Pasteur, GSK
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus genomic variants, vaccine boosters, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: One booster dose of AS03-adjuvanted CoV2 preS dTM, D614 (parental) or B.1.351 (Beta), in monovalent of bivalent formulations, significantly booster pre-existing neutralizing antibodies and elicited high and stable cross-neutralizing antibodies covering the four known SARS-CV-2 variants of concern.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.09.20.461023
Contact Info: Valerie Lecouturier: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.20.461023v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: SUNY Upstate Medical University; Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; NIAID; Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-1273 vaccine, single-cell transcriptomic profiling, virus variants, inflammation, primates
Summary of Study: Single cell RNA sequencing analysis demonstrates that mRNA-1273 vaccination limits the development of lower respiratory tract inflammation in SARS-CoV-2 challenged rhesus macaques.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.12.24.474132
Contact Info: Robert Seder: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.24.474132v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: SUNY Upstate Medical University; Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; NIAID; Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA-1273 vaccine, single-cell transcriptomic profiling, virus variants, inflammation, primates
Summary of Study: Single cell RNA sequencing analysis demonstrates that mRNA-1273 vaccination limits the development of lower respiratory tract inflammation in SARS-CoV-2 challenged rhesus macaques.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.12.24.474132
Contact Info: Robert Seder: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.24.474132v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
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
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, antibody treatment, spike protein, protection, primates
Summary of Study: Passive transfer of two neutralizing antibodies (COV2-2130 and COV2-2381) given prophylactically -- either individually or in combination (combination designated ADM03820) by intravenous or intramuscular route conferred virological protection in a NHP model of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and ADM03820 potently neutralized SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in vitro.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.09.27.462074
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]; James Crowe: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.27.462074v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
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
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, antibody treatment, spike protein, protection, primates
Summary of Study: Passive transfer of two neutralizing antibodies (COV2-2130 and COV2-2381) given prophylactically -- either individually or in combination (combination designated ADM03820) by intravenous or intramuscular route conferred virological protection in a NHP model of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and ADM03820 potently neutralized SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in vitro.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.09.27.462074
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]; James Crowe: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.27.462074v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Jiangsu Rec-biotechnology Co Ltd, China; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; Wuhan University; Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, subunit vaccine, protective immunity, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Two-dose immunizations of ReCOV, a recombinant trimeric NTD and RBD two-component SARS-CoV-2 subunit vaccine adjuvanted with BFA03, provided complete protection against challenge with SARS-CoV-2 in hACE2 transgenic mice and rhesus macaques, without observable antibody-dependent enhancement of infection.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.11.03.467182
Contact Info: Yong Liu: [email protected]; Feng-Cai Zhu: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.03.467182v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Jiangsu Rec-biotechnology Co Ltd, China; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; Wuhan University; Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, subunit vaccine, protective immunity, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Two-dose immunizations of ReCOV, a recombinant trimeric NTD and RBD two-component SARS-CoV-2 subunit vaccine adjuvanted with BFA03, provided complete protection against challenge with SARS-CoV-2 in hACE2 transgenic mice and rhesus macaques, without observable antibody-dependent enhancement of infection.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.11.03.467182
Contact Info: Yong Liu: [email protected]; Feng-Cai Zhu: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.03.467182v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center, Northwestern University, Duke University Medical Center, Tulane School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, monoclonal antibodies, neutralization, mucosal viral challenge, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A combination of two mAbs demonstrated that administration of these mAbs at a range of doses achieved near-complete protection from viral replication and disease even when challenge occurred 75 days after mAb administration.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.05.26.445878
Contact Info: Chad Roy: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.26.445878v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center, Northwestern University, Duke University Medical Center, Tulane School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, monoclonal antibodies, neutralization, mucosal viral challenge, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A combination of two mAbs demonstrated that administration of these mAbs at a range of doses achieved near-complete protection from viral replication and disease even when challenge occurred 75 days after mAb administration.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.05.26.445878
Contact Info: Chad Roy: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.26.445878v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; Washington Univ., Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, spike ferritin nanoparticle vaccine, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: A SARS-CoV-2 spike protein ferritin nanoparticle vaccine, co-formulated with a liposomal adjuvant, elicits broad neutralizing antibody responses that exceed those observed for other major vaccines and rapidly protects against respiratory infection and disease in the upper and lower airways and lung tissue of NHPs.
References: PMID: 33791694 / doi: 10.1101/2021.03.24.436523
Contact Info: Kayvon Modjarrad: [email protected]; Michael Joyce: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.24.436523v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; Washington Univ., Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, spike ferritin nanoparticle vaccine, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: A SARS-CoV-2 spike protein ferritin nanoparticle vaccine, co-formulated with a liposomal adjuvant, elicits broad neutralizing antibody responses that exceed those observed for other major vaccines and rapidly protects against respiratory infection and disease in the upper and lower airways and lung tissue of NHPs.
References: PMID: 33791694 / doi: 10.1101/2021.03.24.436523
Contact Info: Kayvon Modjarrad: [email protected]; Michael Joyce: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.24.436523v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: University of Tokyo, Daichi Sankyo Col, Shiga University of Medical science, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, lipid nanoparticle-based mRNA vaccine candidate, immunogenicity, primates
Summary of Study: Macaques administered with LNP-mRNA targeting RBD acquired significantly high levels of protective IgG specific to SARS-CoV-2 in mucosal swab samples from conjunctiva, oral cavity, nasal cavity, trachea, bronchus, and rectum.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.03.04.433852
Contact Info: Ken Ishii: [email protected]; Yoshihiro Kawaoka: [email protected]; Fumihiko Takeshita: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.04.433852v1
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Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: University of Tokyo, Daichi Sankyo Col, Shiga University of Medical science, and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, lipid nanoparticle-based mRNA vaccine candidate, immunogenicity, primates
Summary of Study: Macaques administered with LNP-mRNA targeting RBD acquired significantly high levels of protective IgG specific to SARS-CoV-2 in mucosal swab samples from conjunctiva, oral cavity, nasal cavity, trachea, bronchus, and rectum.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.03.04.433852
Contact Info: Ken Ishii: [email protected]; Yoshihiro Kawaoka: [email protected]; Fumihiko Takeshita: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.04.433852v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Rocky Mountain Laboratories/NIAID/NIH, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, T cells, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: T-cells play a role in the recovery of rhesus macaques from acute SARS-CoV-2 infections, although their depletion does not induce severe disease, and T cells do not account for the natural resistance of rhesus macaques to severed COVID-19. Neither primed CD4+ or CD8+ T cells appeared critical for immunoglobulin class switching, the development of immunological memory or protection from a second infection.
References: PMID: 33821272 / doi: 10.1101/2021.04.02.438262
Contact Info: Kim Hasenkrug: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.02.438262v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
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Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Rocky Mountain Laboratories/NIAID/NIH, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, T cells, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: T-cells play a role in the recovery of rhesus macaques from acute SARS-CoV-2 infections, although their depletion does not induce severe disease, and T cells do not account for the natural resistance of rhesus macaques to severed COVID-19. Neither primed CD4+ or CD8+ T cells appeared critical for immunoglobulin class switching, the development of immunological memory or protection from a second infection.
References: PMID: 33821272 / doi: 10.1101/2021.04.02.438262
Contact Info: Kim Hasenkrug: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.02.438262v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, pigtail macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: University of Washington, UNC, Chapel Hill and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, multivalent receptor-binding domain nanoparticle vaccine, immune response, variants, mice and primates
Summary of Study: Mosaic and cocktail sarbecovirus RBD-NPs elicit broad and protective Ab responses against heterologous sarbecovirus challenge, which could represent the next generation of pan-sarbecovirus vaccines.
References: PMID: 33758839 / doi: 10.1101/2021.03.15.435528
Contact Info: Neil King: [email protected]; David Veesler: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.15.435528v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, pigtail macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: University of Washington, UNC, Chapel Hill and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, multivalent receptor-binding domain nanoparticle vaccine, immune response, variants, mice and primates
Summary of Study: Mosaic and cocktail sarbecovirus RBD-NPs elicit broad and protective Ab responses against heterologous sarbecovirus challenge, which could represent the next generation of pan-sarbecovirus vaccines.
References: PMID: 33758839 / doi: 10.1101/2021.03.15.435528
Contact Info: Neil King: [email protected]; David Veesler: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.15.435528v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Janssen Vaccines and Prevention, The Netherlands
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus-vectored vaccine, neutralization potency, aged animals, primates
Summary of Study: The Janssen Ad26.COV2.S vaccine candidate is currently the only one evaluated as a single dose vaccination regimen in Phase 3 clinical studies. This study showed that a second vaccine dose (administered 8 weeks post the first immunization) induced a significant increase in antigen-specific binding and neutralizing antibody responses in both adult and aged rhesus macaques as compared to a single dose. These data support the initiation of a two-dose Ad26.COV2.S regimen in Phase 3 clinical trial in adults and elderly.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.17.368258
Contact Info: Roland Zahn: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.17.368258v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Janssen Vaccines and Prevention, The Netherlands
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus-vectored vaccine, neutralization potency, aged animals, primates
Summary of Study: The Janssen Ad26.COV2.S vaccine candidate is currently the only one evaluated as a single dose vaccination regimen in Phase 3 clinical studies. This study showed that a second vaccine dose (administered 8 weeks post the first immunization) induced a significant increase in antigen-specific binding and neutralizing antibody responses in both adult and aged rhesus macaques as compared to a single dose. These data support the initiation of a two-dose Ad26.COV2.S regimen in Phase 3 clinical trial in adults and elderly.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.17.368258
Contact Info: Roland Zahn: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.17.368258v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: City of Hope National Medical Center; Bioqual
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine efficacy, humoral and cellular immune responses, primates
Summary of Study: COH04S1, a synthetic multiantigen Modified Vaccinia Ankara-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine that co-expresses spike and nucleocapsid antigens, demonstrated protection in animal models through different vaccination routes and dose regimens, complementing ongoing investigation of this multiantigen SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in clinical trials.
References: PMID: 34545366 / doi: 10.1101/2021.09.15.460487
Contact Info: Felix Wussow: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.15.460487v1
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: City of Hope National Medical Center; Bioqual
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine efficacy, humoral and cellular immune responses, primates
Summary of Study: COH04S1, a synthetic multiantigen Modified Vaccinia Ankara-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine that co-expresses spike and nucleocapsid antigens, demonstrated protection in animal models through different vaccination routes and dose regimens, complementing ongoing investigation of this multiantigen SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in clinical trials.
References: PMID: 34545366 / doi: 10.1101/2021.09.15.460487
Contact Info: Felix Wussow: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.15.460487v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, humoral immune response, recombinant full-length spike glycoprotein (NVX-CoV2373), primates
Summary of Study: Deep profiling of the humoral immune response in a cohort of non-human primates immunized with one or two doses of 5 or 25 ug of a stabilized recombinant full-length SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein with 50 ug Matrix-M adjuvant suggests that a single dose of may prevent disease, but that two doses may be essential to block further transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and emerging variants.
References: PMID: 33619473 / doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-200342/v1
Contact Info: Galit Alter: [email protected]
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7899467/pdf/nihpp-rs200342v1.pdf
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, humoral immune response, recombinant full-length spike glycoprotein (NVX-CoV2373), primates
Summary of Study: Deep profiling of the humoral immune response in a cohort of non-human primates immunized with one or two doses of 5 or 25 ug of a stabilized recombinant full-length SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein with 50 ug Matrix-M adjuvant suggests that a single dose of may prevent disease, but that two doses may be essential to block further transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and emerging variants.
References: PMID: 33619473 / doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-200342/v1
Contact Info: Galit Alter: [email protected]
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7899467/pdf/nihpp-rs200342v1.pdf
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Harvard Medical School; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard; Bioqual; University of Pittsburgh; Henry Jackson Foundation
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, live oral vaccine, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Post-pyloric inoculation of live SARS-CoV-2 is weakly immunogenic and confers partial protection against respiratory SARS-CoV-2 challenge in rhesus macaques.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.09.13.460191
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.13.460191v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Harvard Medical School; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard; Bioqual; University of Pittsburgh; Henry Jackson Foundation
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, live oral vaccine, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Post-pyloric inoculation of live SARS-CoV-2 is weakly immunogenic and confers partial protection against respiratory SARS-CoV-2 challenge in rhesus macaques.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.09.13.460191
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.13.460191v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University; Emory University School of Medicine; University of Pittsburgh
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, multi-omic analyses, inflammation, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Multi-omic analyses of hyperacute SARS-CoV-2 infection in rhesus macaques identified two populations of infiltrating macrophages as the primary orchestrators of inflammation in the lower airway that can be successfully treated with baricitinib.
References: PMID: 34642693 / doi: 10.1101/2021.10.05.463212
Contact Info: Steven Bosinger: [email protected]; Mirko Paiardini: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.05.463212v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University; Emory University School of Medicine; University of Pittsburgh
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, multi-omic analyses, inflammation, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Multi-omic analyses of hyperacute SARS-CoV-2 infection in rhesus macaques identified two populations of infiltrating macrophages as the primary orchestrators of inflammation in the lower airway that can be successfully treated with baricitinib.
References: PMID: 34642693 / doi: 10.1101/2021.10.05.463212
Contact Info: Steven Bosinger: [email protected]; Mirko Paiardini: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.05.463212v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Pasteur Institute of Iran; University of Tehran; Biosunpharmed Co, Tehran; and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, inactivated whole-virus vaccine, immune response, mice, guinea pig, rabbit and primates
Summary of Study: COVIran Barekat, an inactivated whole-virus SARS-CoV-2 candidate vaccine, elicited a high level of SARS-CoV-2 specific neutralizing antibodies in mice, rabbits, and rhesus macaques.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.06.10.44.447951
Contact Info: Reza Aalizadeh: [email protected]; Hasan Jalili: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.10.447951v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Pasteur Institute of Iran; University of Tehran; Biosunpharmed Co, Tehran; and others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, inactivated whole-virus vaccine, immune response, mice, guinea pig, rabbit and primates
Summary of Study: COVIran Barekat, an inactivated whole-virus SARS-CoV-2 candidate vaccine, elicited a high level of SARS-CoV-2 specific neutralizing antibodies in mice, rabbits, and rhesus macaques.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.06.10.44.447951
Contact Info: Reza Aalizadeh: [email protected]; Hasan Jalili: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.10.447951v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Duke NUS Medical School, Singapore; Duke University Medical School
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, lung inflammation, pathology, mice and primates
Summary of Study: Widespread degranulation of mast cells (MCs) during acute and unresolved airway inflammation in SARS-CoV-2-infected mice and non-human primates supports the association of MC activation with severe COVID-19 and suggests potential strategies for intervention.
References: PMID: 34100020 / doi: 10.1101.2021.05.31.21255594
Contact Info: Ashley St. John: [email protected]
URL: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.31.21255594v1
NHP Species:
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Duke NUS Medical School, Singapore; Duke University Medical School
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, lung inflammation, pathology, mice and primates
Summary of Study: Widespread degranulation of mast cells (MCs) during acute and unresolved airway inflammation in SARS-CoV-2-infected mice and non-human primates supports the association of MC activation with severe COVID-19 and suggests potential strategies for intervention.
References: PMID: 34100020 / doi: 10.1101.2021.05.31.21255594
Contact Info: Ashley St. John: [email protected]
URL: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.31.21255594v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NIAID/NIH; The Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, multiomics profiling, young and old animals, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Despite similar disease outcomes, multi-omics profiling in SARS-CoV-2-infected rhesus macaques suggests that age may delay or impair the induction of anti-viral cellular immune responses and delay efficient return to immune homeostasis following acute infection.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.09.08.459430
Contact Info: Emmie de Wit: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.08.459430v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NIAID/NIH; The Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, multiomics profiling, young and old animals, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Despite similar disease outcomes, multi-omics profiling in SARS-CoV-2-infected rhesus macaques suggests that age may delay or impair the induction of anti-viral cellular immune responses and delay efficient return to immune homeostasis following acute infection.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.09.08.459430
Contact Info: Emmie de Wit: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.08.459430v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, T-cell populations, primates
Summary of Study: Results suggest that the peripheral T lymphocyte population is associated with pneumonia severity in cynomolgus monkeys experimentally infected with SARS-CoV-2.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.07.425698
Contact Info: Noriyo Nagata: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.07.425698v1
NHP Species:
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, T-cell populations, primates
Summary of Study: Results suggest that the peripheral T lymphocyte population is associated with pneumonia severity in cynomolgus monkeys experimentally infected with SARS-CoV-2.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.07.425698
Contact Info: Noriyo Nagata: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.07.425698v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: ImmunityBio, Culver City, CA
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, prime and oral boost bivalent hAd5 vaccination, T-cell response, primates
Summary of Study: Treatment with bivalent hAd5S-Fusion + N-ETSD subcutaneous and oral vaccine provided complete protection of nasal and lung airways against SARS-CoV-2 challenge in rhesus macaques. Data demonstrate that all NHPs immunized with the hAD5 S-Fusion + N-ETSD vaccine generated anti-S IgG and that 9 of 10 animals showed inhibition in cPass (TM) and thus the presence of anti-S RBD neutralizing antibodies.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.08.416297
Contact Info: Patrick Soon-Shiong: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.08.416297v3
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: ImmunityBio, Culver City, CA
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, prime and oral boost bivalent hAd5 vaccination, T-cell response, primates
Summary of Study: Treatment with bivalent hAd5S-Fusion + N-ETSD subcutaneous and oral vaccine provided complete protection of nasal and lung airways against SARS-CoV-2 challenge in rhesus macaques. Data demonstrate that all NHPs immunized with the hAD5 S-Fusion + N-ETSD vaccine generated anti-S IgG and that 9 of 10 animals showed inhibition in cPass (TM) and thus the presence of anti-S RBD neutralizing antibodies.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.08.416297
Contact Info: Patrick Soon-Shiong: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.08.416297v3
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Bern
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, airway epithelial cell (AEC) culture repository, multiple animal species
Summary of Study: Well-differentiated primary airway epithelial cell cultures were established from various domestic and wildlife animal species (including rhesus macaques) to assess the potential intermediate and spillback host reservoir spectrum of SARS-CoV-2. rhesus macaque post-mortem tracheobronchial airway tissue material. These were inoculated with SARS-CoV-2/Munchen-1.1/2020/929 isolate and monitored for viral titer for 96 hours. Infectious progeny virus were absent in most species, except rhesus macaques and cats, indicating that some species are not ideally suited as animal models in studies of SARS-CoV-2.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.10.374587
Contact Info: Ronald Dijkman: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.10.374587v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Bern
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, airway epithelial cell (AEC) culture repository, multiple animal species
Summary of Study: Well-differentiated primary airway epithelial cell cultures were established from various domestic and wildlife animal species (including rhesus macaques) to assess the potential intermediate and spillback host reservoir spectrum of SARS-CoV-2. rhesus macaque post-mortem tracheobronchial airway tissue material. These were inoculated with SARS-CoV-2/Munchen-1.1/2020/929 isolate and monitored for viral titer for 96 hours. Infectious progeny virus were absent in most species, except rhesus macaques and cats, indicating that some species are not ideally suited as animal models in studies of SARS-CoV-2.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.10.374587
Contact Info: Ronald Dijkman: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.10.374587v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus variants, pathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Disease severity among variants is unequal, with a lower viral load and thus reduced clinical disease in Omicron versus Delta variants.
References: PMID: 35971544 / doi: 10.1101/2022.08.01.502390
Contact Info: Neeltje van Doremalen: [email protected]; Kyle Rosenke: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.01.502390v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus variants, pathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Disease severity among variants is unequal, with a lower viral load and thus reduced clinical disease in Omicron versus Delta variants.
References: PMID: 35971544 / doi: 10.1101/2022.08.01.502390
Contact Info: Neeltje van Doremalen: [email protected]; Kyle Rosenke: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.01.502390v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, NIH; University of California- Berkely; La Jolla Institute for Immunology; University of California - San Diego; University of Cape Town - Observatory
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, IFN? and IL-10, immune response, viral replication, primates
Summary of Study: There are no major effects of the pro- and anti-inflammatory pathways in COVID-19 infection, but IL-10, an anti-inflammatory cytokine, has a role in suppressing the accumulation of T-cells specific to infection in the lower airways.
References: PMID: 36172119 / doi: 10.1101/2022.09.13.507852
Contact Info: Daniel Barber: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.13.507852v2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, NIH; University of California- Berkely; La Jolla Institute for Immunology; University of California - San Diego; University of Cape Town - Observatory
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, IFN? and IL-10, immune response, viral replication, primates
Summary of Study: There are no major effects of the pro- and anti-inflammatory pathways in COVID-19 infection, but IL-10, an anti-inflammatory cytokine, has a role in suppressing the accumulation of T-cells specific to infection in the lower airways.
References: PMID: 36172119 / doi: 10.1101/2022.09.13.507852
Contact Info: Daniel Barber: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.13.507852v2
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Emory, Tulane, Washington and Oregon National Primate Research Centers; Emory University School of Medicine; Weissman Institute of Science, Israel; Ulm University Medical Center, Germany, and others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, IFN-I signaling, inflammasome activation, primates
Summary of Study: Modulation of type I interferon responses potently inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication and inflammation in rhesus macaques
References: doi: 10.1101/2022.10.21.512606
Contact Info: Mirko Paiardini: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.21.512606v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Emory, Tulane, Washington and Oregon National Primate Research Centers; Emory University School of Medicine; Weissman Institute of Science, Israel; Ulm University Medical Center, Germany, and others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, IFN-I signaling, inflammasome activation, primates
Summary of Study: Modulation of type I interferon responses potently inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication and inflammation in rhesus macaques
References: doi: 10.1101/2022.10.21.512606
Contact Info: Mirko Paiardini: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.21.512606v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Duke University Medical Center, UNC- Chapel Hill, Louisiana State Univ., Infectious Disease Institute (Seattle, WA), Moderna, NIAID, California National Primate Research Center, Cornell Weill Medical College
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA vaccine, nanoparticles, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are well-tolerated and highly immunogenic in infant rhesus macaques.
References: PMID: 33851156 / doi: 10.1101/2021.04.05.438479
Contact Info: Kristina De Paris: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.05.438479v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Duke University Medical Center, UNC- Chapel Hill, Louisiana State Univ., Infectious Disease Institute (Seattle, WA), Moderna, NIAID, California National Primate Research Center, Cornell Weill Medical College
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA vaccine, nanoparticles, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are well-tolerated and highly immunogenic in infant rhesus macaques.
References: PMID: 33851156 / doi: 10.1101/2021.04.05.438479
Contact Info: Kristina De Paris: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.05.438479v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Nat'l Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo; University of Tokyo; Kumamoto University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, T cells, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Study showed that subacute SARS-CoV-2 replication can be controlled even in the absence of CD8+ T cells. In SARS-CoV-2 infection, CD8+ T-cell responses may contribute to viral control, but these results suggest that CD8+ T-cell dysfunction does not solely lead to viral control failure or disease progression.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.05.26.445769
Contact Info: Tesuro Matano: [email protected]; Takushi Nomura: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.26.445769v1
NHP Species:
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Nat'l Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo; University of Tokyo; Kumamoto University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, T cells, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Study showed that subacute SARS-CoV-2 replication can be controlled even in the absence of CD8+ T cells. In SARS-CoV-2 infection, CD8+ T-cell responses may contribute to viral control, but these results suggest that CD8+ T-cell dysfunction does not solely lead to viral control failure or disease progression.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.05.26.445769
Contact Info: Tesuro Matano: [email protected]; Takushi Nomura: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.26.445769v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, marmosets
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, a computational pipeline, the binding affinity ACE2, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians
Summary of Study: Identifying zoonotic origin of SARS-CoV-2 by modeling the binding affinity between Spike receptor-binding domain and host ACE2
References: doi: 10.1101/2020.09.11.293449
Contact Info: Yang Zhang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.11.293449v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, marmosets
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, a computational pipeline, the binding affinity ACE2, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians
Summary of Study: Identifying zoonotic origin of SARS-CoV-2 by modeling the binding affinity between Spike receptor-binding domain and host ACE2
References: doi: 10.1101/2020.09.11.293449
Contact Info: Yang Zhang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.11.293449v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Remdesivir, mathematical models, primates
Summary of Study: Developed a mathematical model to explain why remdesivir has a greater antiviral effect on SARS CoV-2 in lung versus nasal passages in rhesus macaque
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.21.163550
Contact Info: Joshua Schiffer, [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.21.163550v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Remdesivir, mathematical models, primates
Summary of Study: Developed a mathematical model to explain why remdesivir has a greater antiviral effect on SARS CoV-2 in lung versus nasal passages in rhesus macaque
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.21.163550
Contact Info: Joshua Schiffer, [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.21.163550v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of TX Medical Branch
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, convalescent sera, primates, viral load and disease pathology
Summary of Study: Groups of SARS-CoV-2 infected AGMs were treated with pooled convalescent sera containing either high or low to moderate anti-SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody titers. Lower levels of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory compartments, reduced gross and histopathological lesion severity in the lungs, and reductions in several parameters associated with coagulation and inflammatory processes were observed in monkeys that received convalescent sera versus untreated controls.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.14.340091
Contact Info: Thomas Geisbert: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.14.340091v1
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of TX Medical Branch
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, convalescent sera, primates, viral load and disease pathology
Summary of Study: Groups of SARS-CoV-2 infected AGMs were treated with pooled convalescent sera containing either high or low to moderate anti-SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody titers. Lower levels of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory compartments, reduced gross and histopathological lesion severity in the lungs, and reductions in several parameters associated with coagulation and inflammatory processes were observed in monkeys that received convalescent sera versus untreated controls.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.14.340091
Contact Info: Thomas Geisbert: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.14.340091v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Harvard Medical School
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, AAV-based, single dose vaccine, primates
Summary of Study: Two adeno-associated viral (AAV)-based vaccine candidates demonstrate potent immunogenicity in mouse and NHP models following a single injection. Moreover, the vaccine is stable at room temperature for a least one month and is produced at high yields using established commercial manufacturing processes in the gene therapy industry.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.05.422952
Contact Info: Luk Vandenberghe: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.05.422952v3
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Harvard Medical School
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, AAV-based, single dose vaccine, primates
Summary of Study: Two adeno-associated viral (AAV)-based vaccine candidates demonstrate potent immunogenicity in mouse and NHP models following a single injection. Moreover, the vaccine is stable at room temperature for a least one month and is produced at high yields using established commercial manufacturing processes in the gene therapy industry.
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.05.422952
Contact Info: Luk Vandenberghe: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.05.422952v3
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: CNPRC/Vitalant
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, protective immunity, CD4 helper cells, primates
Summary of Study: vaccine promoting Th1-type Tfh responses that target the S protein may lead to protective immunity
References: doi: 10.1101/2020.07.07.191007
Contact Info: Sonny Elizaldi, UC Davis CIID
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.07.191007v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: CNPRC/Vitalant
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, protective immunity, CD4 helper cells, primates
Summary of Study: vaccine promoting Th1-type Tfh responses that target the S protein may lead to protective immunity
References: doi: 10.1101/2020.07.07.191007
Contact Info: Sonny Elizaldi, UC Davis CIID
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.07.191007v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: California National Primate Research Center; School of Medicine, UC Davis; Vitalant Research Institute; University of Colorado School of Medicine; University of California, Irvine; and others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, convalescent plasma, intratracheal and intranasal routes, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: While administration of convalescent plasma (CCP) did not result in a detectable reduction in virus replication in the respiratory tract, it significantly reduced lung inflammation.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.09.01.458520
Contact Info: Koen Van Rompay: [email protected]; Michael Busch: [email protected]; J. Rachel Reader: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.01.458520v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: California National Primate Research Center; School of Medicine, UC Davis; Vitalant Research Institute; University of Colorado School of Medicine; University of California, Irvine; and others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, convalescent plasma, intratracheal and intranasal routes, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: While administration of convalescent plasma (CCP) did not result in a detectable reduction in virus replication in the respiratory tract, it significantly reduced lung inflammation.
References: doi: 10.1101/2021.09.01.458520
Contact Info: Koen Van Rompay: [email protected]; Michael Busch: [email protected]; J. Rachel Reader: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.01.458520v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Walter Reed Army Institute, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, NCI, BIOQUAL, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, Columbia University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, ferritin nanoparticle vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 Spike receptor-binding doman ferritin nanoparticle protein vaccine (RFN), adjuvanted with a liposomal-QS21 formulation (ALFQ) elicits humoral and cellular immune responses exceeding those of current vaccines.
References: PMID: 33851155 / doi: 10.1101/2021.04.09.439166
Contact Info: Diane Bolton: [email protected]; Kayvon Modjarrad: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.09.439166v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Walter Reed Army Institute, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, NCI, BIOQUAL, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, Columbia University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, ferritin nanoparticle vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 Spike receptor-binding doman ferritin nanoparticle protein vaccine (RFN), adjuvanted with a liposomal-QS21 formulation (ALFQ) elicits humoral and cellular immune responses exceeding those of current vaccines.
References: PMID: 33851155 / doi: 10.1101/2021.04.09.439166
Contact Info: Diane Bolton: [email protected]; Kayvon Modjarrad: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.09.439166v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: COVAXX, United Biomedical< Inc., United BioPharma, Academic Sinica, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston National Library
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, multitope protein-peptide vaccine, immune response, toxicity, protection, guinea pigs, rats, primates
Summary of Study: The authors have developed and demonstrated proof of concept for UB-612, a novel multitope protein-peptide vaccine being rapidly advanced in clinical trials for prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19. Extremely high levels of neutralizing antibodies were shown and Th1 prone immune response was induced by the vaccine that protected animals, challenged by a high dose of SARS-CoV-2, without induction of immunopathology in the lungs.
References: doi: 10.1101/2020.11.30.399154
Contact Info: Chang Yi Wang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.30.399154v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: COVAXX, United Biomedical< Inc., United BioPharma, Academic Sinica, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston National Library
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, multitope protein-peptide vaccine, immune response, toxicity, protection, guinea pigs, rats, primates
Summary of Study: The authors have developed and demonstrated proof of concept for UB-612, a novel multitope protein-peptide vaccine being rapidly advanced in clinical trials for prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19. Extremely high levels of neutralizing antibodies were shown and Th1 prone immune response was induced by the vaccine that protected animals, challenged by a high dose of SARS-CoV-2, without induction of immunopathology in the lungs.
References: doi: 10.1101/2020.11.30.399154
Contact Info: Chang Yi Wang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.30.399154v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: The 4th R&D Institute, Agency for Defense Development, Yuseong, P.O. Box 35, Daejeon 34186, Republic of Korea
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, siRNA inhibitors, hamster and primates
Summary of Study: An siRNA targeting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) showed a reduction in SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced fever and virus titer in the Golden Syrian hamster and rhesus macaque. These results suggest the potential for RdRp targeting siRNA as a new treatment for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.07.190967
Contact Info: Seong Tae Jeong at [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.07.190967v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: The 4th R&D Institute, Agency for Defense Development, Yuseong, P.O. Box 35, Daejeon 34186, Republic of Korea
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, siRNA inhibitors, hamster and primates
Summary of Study: An siRNA targeting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) showed a reduction in SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced fever and virus titer in the Golden Syrian hamster and rhesus macaque. These results suggest the potential for RdRp targeting siRNA as a new treatment for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
References: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.07.190967
Contact Info: Seong Tae Jeong at [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.07.190967v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Medicago, Inc.; Stanford University; Tulane University School of Medicine; McGill University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, plant-derived virus-like particle vaccine, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Although a single dose of an unadjuvanted virus-like particle (VLP) bearing SARS-CoV-2 spike protein vaccine candidate stimulated humoral and cell-mediated immune responses, booster immunization (at 28 days after prime) and adjuvants significantly improved both responses with a higher immunogenicity and protection provided by AS03 adjuvanted CoVLP.
References: doi: 10.1101.2021.05.15.444262
Contact Info: Nathalie Landry: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.15.444262v1
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published:
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Medicago, Inc.; Stanford University; Tulane University School of Medicine; McGill University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, plant-derived virus-like particle vaccine, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Although a single dose of an unadjuvanted virus-like particle (VLP) bearing SARS-CoV-2 spike protein vaccine candidate stimulated humoral and cell-mediated immune responses, booster immunization (at 28 days after prime) and adjuvants significantly improved both responses with a higher immunogenicity and protection provided by AS03 adjuvanted CoVLP.
References: doi: 10.1101.2021.05.15.444262
Contact Info: Nathalie Landry: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.15.444262v1