Coronavirus Studies in Nonhuman Primate Models
This page provides a curated list of coronavirus studies and reviews using nonhuman primate (NHP) models.
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences; Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, infection, pathogenesis, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 can effectively infect the Rhesus macaque.
References: PMID: 35279412 / doi: 10.1016/j.virs.2022.02.001
Contact Info: Zhiming Yuan: [email protected]; Chao Shan: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995820X22000335?via%3Dihub=
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences; Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, infection, pathogenesis, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 can effectively infect the Rhesus macaque.
References: PMID: 35279412 / doi: 10.1016/j.virs.2022.02.001
Contact Info: Zhiming Yuan: [email protected]; Chao Shan: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995820X22000335?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center; Michigan Technological University; Tulane University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, renin-angiotensin system, HIV co-infection, gene expression, primates
Summary of Study: Findings suggest a possible impact of SIV/HIV infection on expression of ACE2 and RAS-associated proteins resulting in the loss of gut homeostasis.
References: PMID: 35281029 / doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.835686
Contact Info: Bapi Pahar: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.835686/full
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center; Michigan Technological University; Tulane University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, renin-angiotensin system, HIV co-infection, gene expression, primates
Summary of Study: Findings suggest a possible impact of SIV/HIV infection on expression of ACE2 and RAS-associated proteins resulting in the loss of gut homeostasis.
References: PMID: 35281029 / doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.835686
Contact Info: Bapi Pahar: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.835686/full
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, CIGB, Ave. 31 E/158 y 190, Havana 10600, Cuba
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, chimeric antigen vaccine, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Fusion of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain with the extracellular domain of human CD154 is a promising vaccine candidate
References: PMID: 35746505 PMCID: PMC9228316 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10060897
Contact Info: Yamila Carpio and Mario Pablo Estrada: [email protected]; [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/6/897
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, CIGB, Ave. 31 E/158 y 190, Havana 10600, Cuba
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, chimeric antigen vaccine, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Fusion of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain with the extracellular domain of human CD154 is a promising vaccine candidate
References: PMID: 35746505 PMCID: PMC9228316 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10060897
Contact Info: Yamila Carpio and Mario Pablo Estrada: [email protected]; [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/6/897
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: MIT; Scripps Research Institute; La Jolla Institute for Immunology; Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT, and Harvard University; University of California, San Diego; Yerkes National Primate Research Center; Emory University School of Medicine; MIT
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, saponin/TLR agonist, vaccine adjuvant, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Compared with a panel of tested adjuvants including other saponin-based formulations, saponin/MPLA nanoparticles (SMNP) induced superior antibody and germinal center responses after immunization with a poorly immunogenic HIV antigen in both mice and rhesus macaques, suggesting that SMNP may be a promising adjuvant in the setting of HIV, SARS-CoV-2, and other pathogens.
References: PMID: 34860581 / doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abf1152
Contact Info: Darrell J. Irvine: [email protected]; Shane Crotty: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciimmunol.abf1152?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: MIT; Scripps Research Institute; La Jolla Institute for Immunology; Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT, and Harvard University; University of California, San Diego; Yerkes National Primate Research Center; Emory University School of Medicine; MIT
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, saponin/TLR agonist, vaccine adjuvant, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Compared with a panel of tested adjuvants including other saponin-based formulations, saponin/MPLA nanoparticles (SMNP) induced superior antibody and germinal center responses after immunization with a poorly immunogenic HIV antigen in both mice and rhesus macaques, suggesting that SMNP may be a promising adjuvant in the setting of HIV, SARS-CoV-2, and other pathogens.
References: PMID: 34860581 / doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abf1152
Contact Info: Darrell J. Irvine: [email protected]; Shane Crotty: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciimmunol.abf1152?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NIAID; University of California, San Diego; University of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mild infection, pathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: SARS-CoV-2 replication wanes in the lungs, as well as the nasal and oral mucosa, of rhesus macaques before antigen-specific effector T cells arrive at those sites, suggesting that innate immunity efficiently restricts viral replication during mild COVID-19.
References: PMID: 35271298 / doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abo0535
Contact Info: Daniel Barber: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciimmunol.abo0535?rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%2…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NIAID; University of California, San Diego; University of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mild infection, pathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: SARS-CoV-2 replication wanes in the lungs, as well as the nasal and oral mucosa, of rhesus macaques before antigen-specific effector T cells arrive at those sites, suggesting that innate immunity efficiently restricts viral replication during mild COVID-19.
References: PMID: 35271298 / doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abo0535
Contact Info: Daniel Barber: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciimmunol.abo0535?rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%2…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys, rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Tulane University School of Medicine; Beijing Forestry University; Beijing Institute of Lifeomics; Ochsner Clinic Foundation; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Tulane National Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, peptide microarrays, neutralizing antibodies, vaccine, primates
Summary of Study: Linear peptide epitopes detected by immunoglobulins after infection have been localized to functionally important virus regions, which can be used to inform vaccine evaluation and targets for site-specific therapy.
References: PMID: 35928300 / doi: 10.34133/2022/9769803
Contact Info: Xiaobo Yu: [email protected]; Tony Hu: [email protected]
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9297724/
NHP Species: african green monkeys, rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Tulane University School of Medicine; Beijing Forestry University; Beijing Institute of Lifeomics; Ochsner Clinic Foundation; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Tulane National Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, peptide microarrays, neutralizing antibodies, vaccine, primates
Summary of Study: Linear peptide epitopes detected by immunoglobulins after infection have been localized to functionally important virus regions, which can be used to inform vaccine evaluation and targets for site-specific therapy.
References: PMID: 35928300 / doi: 10.34133/2022/9769803
Contact Info: Xiaobo Yu: [email protected]; Tony Hu: [email protected]
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9297724/
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Rijswijk, Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Tracer Center Amsterdam (TCA), Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, PET-CT imaging, lungs, inflammation, primates
Summary of Study: Vaccine candidate involving a valuable radiotracer to visualize SARS-CoV-2-associated pulmonary inflammation
References: PMID: 35660200 PMCID: PMC9148436 DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2022.05.002
Contact Info: Marieke A Stammes: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969805122020509?via%3Dihub=
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Rijswijk, Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Tracer Center Amsterdam (TCA), Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, PET-CT imaging, lungs, inflammation, primates
Summary of Study: Vaccine candidate involving a valuable radiotracer to visualize SARS-CoV-2-associated pulmonary inflammation
References: PMID: 35660200 PMCID: PMC9148436 DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2022.05.002
Contact Info: Marieke A Stammes: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969805122020509?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; California National Primate Research Center; others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, age-dependent responses, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Age-dependent responses to SARS-CoV-2 in dam/infant pairs
References: doi: 10.4049/immunohorizons.2200075
Contact Info: Maria Blasi: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.aai.org/immunohorizons/article/6/12/851/237621/Dam-Infant-Rhes…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; California National Primate Research Center; others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, age-dependent responses, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Age-dependent responses to SARS-CoV-2 in dam/infant pairs
References: doi: 10.4049/immunohorizons.2200075
Contact Info: Maria Blasi: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.aai.org/immunohorizons/article/6/12/851/237621/Dam-Infant-Rhes…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT; Harvard University; Universite Paris-Saclay, Inserm, CEA; Genethon INTEGRARE UMR; Rega Institute; University of Siena; University of Pennsylvania
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, AAV-based vaccine, virus variants, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: AAV-based vaccines for COVID-19 can be effective from a single, low dose and lead to durable humoral and strong T cell immunogenicity.
References: PMID: 35546782 / doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2022.05.007
Contact Info: Luk Vandenberghe: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/molecular-therapy-family/molecular-therapy/fulltext/S1525-…
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT; Harvard University; Universite Paris-Saclay, Inserm, CEA; Genethon INTEGRARE UMR; Rega Institute; University of Siena; University of Pennsylvania
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, AAV-based vaccine, virus variants, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: AAV-based vaccines for COVID-19 can be effective from a single, low dose and lead to durable humoral and strong T cell immunogenicity.
References: PMID: 35546782 / doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2022.05.007
Contact Info: Luk Vandenberghe: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/molecular-therapy-family/molecular-therapy/fulltext/S1525-…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Peking Union Medical College; National Center of Technology Innovation for Animal Model; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Capital Medical University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, inactivated vaccine, booster, immune response, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: Animals administered with an indicated booster dose and subsequently challenged with Delta or Omicron variants showed markedly reduced viral loads and improved histopathological profiles compared to control animals, indicating that sequential immunization could protect primates against Omicron.
References: PMID: 35436986 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-00979-z
Contact Info: Chuan Qin: [email protected];
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-00979-z
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Peking Union Medical College; National Center of Technology Innovation for Animal Model; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Capital Medical University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, inactivated vaccine, booster, immune response, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: Animals administered with an indicated booster dose and subsequently challenged with Delta or Omicron variants showed markedly reduced viral loads and improved histopathological profiles compared to control animals, indicating that sequential immunization could protect primates against Omicron.
References: PMID: 35436986 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-00979-z
Contact Info: Chuan Qin: [email protected];
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-00979-z
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Sun Yat-sen University; The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University; Southern University of Science and Technology; The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for RNA Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, quadrivalent mosaic HexaPro-bearing nanoparticle vaccine, virus variants, mice and primates
Summary of Study: A quadrivalent mosaic nanoparticle vaccine displaying spike proteins from the SARS-CoV-2 prototype and 3 different VOCs elicits equivalent or superior neutralizing antibodies against variant strains in mice and non-human primates with only small reduction in neutralization titers against the ancestral strain.
References: PMID: 35562337 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30222-w
Contact Info: Jin-Cun Zhao: [email protected]; Run-Yu Yuan: [email protected]; Mu-Sheng Zeng: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30222-w
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Sun Yat-sen University; The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University; Southern University of Science and Technology; The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for RNA Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, quadrivalent mosaic HexaPro-bearing nanoparticle vaccine, virus variants, mice and primates
Summary of Study: A quadrivalent mosaic nanoparticle vaccine displaying spike proteins from the SARS-CoV-2 prototype and 3 different VOCs elicits equivalent or superior neutralizing antibodies against variant strains in mice and non-human primates with only small reduction in neutralization titers against the ancestral strain.
References: PMID: 35562337 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30222-w
Contact Info: Jin-Cun Zhao: [email protected]; Run-Yu Yuan: [email protected]; Mu-Sheng Zeng: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30222-w
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center; Tulane School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, monoclonal antibody prophylaxis, virus reproduction, primates
Summary of Study: High viral loads were observed in the intestinal mucosa of a rhesus macaque post challenge with SARS-CoV-2 after prophylactic administration of combination anti-spike antibody therapy. Intrahost evolution of virus was seen, with sequences changing in accordance with enhanced replication capacity, as well as site-specific differences potentially indicating preferential replication.
References: PMID: 35429402 / doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac134
Contact Info: Chad Roy: [email protected]
URL: https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/226/9/1588/6569365?login=false
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center; Tulane School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, monoclonal antibody prophylaxis, virus reproduction, primates
Summary of Study: High viral loads were observed in the intestinal mucosa of a rhesus macaque post challenge with SARS-CoV-2 after prophylactic administration of combination anti-spike antibody therapy. Intrahost evolution of virus was seen, with sequences changing in accordance with enhanced replication capacity, as well as site-specific differences potentially indicating preferential replication.
References: PMID: 35429402 / doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac134
Contact Info: Chad Roy: [email protected]
URL: https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/226/9/1588/6569365?login=false
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys, rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane University School of Medicine; Tulane National Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, neuropathogenesis, primates
Summary of Study: Substantial pathological changes in brains of SARS-CoV-2 infected NHPs are compatible with autopsy and imaging reports of infected human subjects.
References: PMID: 35365631 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29440-z
Contact Info: Tracy Fischer: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29440-z
NHP Species: african green monkeys, rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane University School of Medicine; Tulane National Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, neuropathogenesis, primates
Summary of Study: Substantial pathological changes in brains of SARS-CoV-2 infected NHPs are compatible with autopsy and imaging reports of infected human subjects.
References: PMID: 35365631 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29440-z
Contact Info: Tracy Fischer: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29440-z
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.06.479285v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Cellid Co., Ltd; National Primate Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology; International Vaccine Institute; Seoul National University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus, AdCLD-CoV19 vaccine, immune response, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: AdCLD-CoV19 can prevent SARS-CoV-2 with a single vaccination, and the new vaccine administration strategy that responds to various variants can maintain the efficacy of the vaccine.
References: PMID: 35632468 / doi: 10.3390/vaccines10050712
Contact Info: Chang-Yuil Kang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/5/712
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Cellid Co., Ltd; National Primate Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology; International Vaccine Institute; Seoul National University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus, AdCLD-CoV19 vaccine, immune response, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: AdCLD-CoV19 can prevent SARS-CoV-2 with a single vaccination, and the new vaccine administration strategy that responds to various variants can maintain the efficacy of the vaccine.
References: PMID: 35632468 / doi: 10.3390/vaccines10050712
Contact Info: Chang-Yuil Kang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/5/712
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Department of Medicine, University of Washington
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, remdesivir, math modeling, antiviral potency, nasal passages, lungs, primates
Summary of Study: In rhesus macaques, the nonlinear forces governing SARS-CoV-2 viral load trajectories in the lung and nasal passages differ substantially in the presence of a partially effective antiviral therapy. To the extent that the rhesus macaque model approximates human infection, nasal viral load remains a promising surrogate endpoint marker but perhaps only in the context of a highly potent antiviral therapy.
References: PMID: 35634576 / doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104448
Contact Info: Joshua Schiffer: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)00719-2?_returnURL=https%3…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Department of Medicine, University of Washington
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, remdesivir, math modeling, antiviral potency, nasal passages, lungs, primates
Summary of Study: In rhesus macaques, the nonlinear forces governing SARS-CoV-2 viral load trajectories in the lung and nasal passages differ substantially in the presence of a partially effective antiviral therapy. To the extent that the rhesus macaque model approximates human infection, nasal viral load remains a promising surrogate endpoint marker but perhaps only in the context of a highly potent antiviral therapy.
References: PMID: 35634576 / doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104448
Contact Info: Joshua Schiffer: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)00719-2?_returnURL=https%3…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Sun Yat-sen University; The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University; Southern University of Science and Technology; The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for RNA Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, quadrivalent mosaic HexaPro-bearing nanoparticle vaccine, virus variants, mice and primates
Summary of Study: A quadrivalent mosaic nanoparticle vaccine displaying spike proteins from the SARS-CoV-2 prototype and 3 different VOCs elicits equivalent or superior neutralizing antibodies against variant strains in mice and non-human primates with only small reduction in neutralization titers against the ancestral strain.
References: PMID: 35562337 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30222-w
Contact Info: Jin-Cun Zhao: [email protected]; Run-Yu Yuan: [email protected]; Mu-Sheng Zeng: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30222-w
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Sun Yat-sen University; The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University; Southern University of Science and Technology; The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for RNA Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, quadrivalent mosaic HexaPro-bearing nanoparticle vaccine, virus variants, mice and primates
Summary of Study: A quadrivalent mosaic nanoparticle vaccine displaying spike proteins from the SARS-CoV-2 prototype and 3 different VOCs elicits equivalent or superior neutralizing antibodies against variant strains in mice and non-human primates with only small reduction in neutralization titers against the ancestral strain.
References: PMID: 35562337 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30222-w
Contact Info: Jin-Cun Zhao: [email protected]; Run-Yu Yuan: [email protected]; Mu-Sheng Zeng: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30222-w
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: marmosets
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro; 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: [email protected]
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 Janeiro; 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: [email protected]
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: Sanofi R&D; Universite de Strasbourg; Equipe 3Bio
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA vaccine, lipid nanoparticles, stability, mice, primates
Summary of Study: The thermostability of mRNA/LNP is improved by a novel imidazole modified lipid, DOG-IM4, in combination with standard helper lipids.
References: PMID: 35576809 / doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121570
Contact Info: Jean Haensler: [email protected];
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142961222002101?via%3Dihub=
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Sanofi R&D; Universite de Strasbourg; Equipe 3Bio
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mRNA vaccine, lipid nanoparticles, stability, mice, primates
Summary of Study: The thermostability of mRNA/LNP is improved by a novel imidazole modified lipid, DOG-IM4, in combination with standard helper lipids.
References: PMID: 35576809 / doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121570
Contact Info: Jean Haensler: [email protected];
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142961222002101?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: cynomolgus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Université Paris-Saclay; Université de Paris; Laboratoire de Pharmacocinétique et Toxicologie; Institut Pasteur; Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie; Unité des Virus Emergents, Aix Marseille Univ; VirNext, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; University Hospital, Bordeaux & Inserm
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Zika, favipiravir, antiviral activity, primates
Summary of Study: A nucleoside analogue with activity against RNA viruses shows antiviral activity that reduces viral load and kinetics in Zika, but not COVID-19.
References: PMID: 36042198 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32565-w
Contact Info: Roger Le Grand: [email protected]; Jeremie Guedj: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-32565-w
NHP Species: cynomolgus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Université Paris-Saclay; Université de Paris; Laboratoire de Pharmacocinétique et Toxicologie; Institut Pasteur; Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie; Unité des Virus Emergents, Aix Marseille Univ; VirNext, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; University Hospital, Bordeaux & Inserm
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Zika, favipiravir, antiviral activity, primates
Summary of Study: A nucleoside analogue with activity against RNA viruses shows antiviral activity that reduces viral load and kinetics in Zika, but not COVID-19.
References: PMID: 36042198 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32565-w
Contact Info: Roger Le Grand: [email protected]; Jeremie Guedj: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-32565-w
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: University of Bordeaux; Université Paris-Saclay; Vaccine Research Institute Créteil; Inserm U955 Créteil; Baylor Scott and White Research Institute; Institut Pasteur Paris; CNRS UMR 3569; University of Amsterdam Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute Amsterdam; Hôpital Henri-Mondor Albert-Chenevier; CHU Bordeaux
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mathematical modelling, vaccine, viral dynamics, primates
Summary of Study: A model-based approach can identify mechanistic correlates of protection that vaccines provide against infection, such that inhibition of the receptor-binding domain to ACE2 represents a strong mechanism of protection.
References: PMID: 35801637 / doi: 10.7554/eLife.75427
Contact Info: Rodolphe Thiébaut: [email protected]
URL: https://elifesciences.org/articles/75427
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: University of Bordeaux; Université Paris-Saclay; Vaccine Research Institute Créteil; Inserm U955 Créteil; Baylor Scott and White Research Institute; Institut Pasteur Paris; CNRS UMR 3569; University of Amsterdam Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute Amsterdam; Hôpital Henri-Mondor Albert-Chenevier; CHU Bordeaux
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, mathematical modelling, vaccine, viral dynamics, primates
Summary of Study: A model-based approach can identify mechanistic correlates of protection that vaccines provide against infection, such that inhibition of the receptor-binding domain to ACE2 represents a strong mechanism of protection.
References: PMID: 35801637 / doi: 10.7554/eLife.75427
Contact Info: Rodolphe Thiébaut: [email protected]
URL: https://elifesciences.org/articles/75427
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center; Michigan Technological University; Tulane University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, renin-angiotensin system, HIV co-infection, gene expression, primates
Summary of Study: Findings suggest a possible impact of SIV/HIV infection on expression of ACE2 and RAS-associated proteins resulting in the loss of gut homeostasis.
References: PMID: 35281029 / doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.835686
Contact Info: Bapi Pahar: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.835686/full
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center; Michigan Technological University; Tulane University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, renin-angiotensin system, HIV co-infection, gene expression, primates
Summary of Study: Findings suggest a possible impact of SIV/HIV infection on expression of ACE2 and RAS-associated proteins resulting in the loss of gut homeostasis.
References: PMID: 35281029 / doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.835686
Contact Info: Bapi Pahar: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.835686/full
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: marmosets
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Meissa Vaccines Inc; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; BIOQUAL Inc; Butler University; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; University of Texas Medical Branch
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, attenuated recombinant vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A live, attenuated, recombinant human respiratory virus that expresses a chimeric SARS-CoV-2 spike protected against challenge and induced immunoglobulin and neutralizing antibodies.
References: PMID: 35906244 / doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00509-6
Contact Info: Mariana F. Tioni: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-022-00509-6
NHP Species: marmosets
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Meissa Vaccines Inc; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; BIOQUAL Inc; Butler University; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; University of Texas Medical Branch
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, attenuated recombinant vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A live, attenuated, recombinant human respiratory virus that expresses a chimeric SARS-CoV-2 spike protected against challenge and induced immunoglobulin and neutralizing antibodies.
References: PMID: 35906244 / doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00509-6
Contact Info: Mariana F. Tioni: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-022-00509-6
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University; Scripps Research Institute; University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, lipid-conjugated immunogen, intranasal vaccination, mice, primates
Summary of Study: To combat the problem of poor vaccine uptake across mucus and epithelial linings, intranasal immunization with amphilic albumin binding components was created with the ability to be delivered across the mucosal epithelium and generate an antigen-specific response.
References: PMID: 35857825 / doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abn1413
Contact Info: Darrell Irvine: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abn1413?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rf…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University; Scripps Research Institute; University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, lipid-conjugated immunogen, intranasal vaccination, mice, primates
Summary of Study: To combat the problem of poor vaccine uptake across mucus and epithelial linings, intranasal immunization with amphilic albumin binding components was created with the ability to be delivered across the mucosal epithelium and generate an antigen-specific response.
References: PMID: 35857825 / doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abn1413
Contact Info: Darrell Irvine: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abn1413?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rf…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Immunology and Allergy, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; CureVac AG, Tübingen, Germany
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, unmodified mRNA vaccine, CVnCoV, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A third dose of the unmodified COVID-19 mRNA vaccine CVnCoV enhances quality and quantity of immune responses.
References: doi: 10.1016/j.omtm.2022.10.001
Contact Info: Karin Loré: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2329050122001437?via%3Dihub=
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Immunology and Allergy, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; CureVac AG, Tübingen, Germany
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, unmodified mRNA vaccine, CVnCoV, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A third dose of the unmodified COVID-19 mRNA vaccine CVnCoV enhances quality and quantity of immune responses.
References: doi: 10.1016/j.omtm.2022.10.001
Contact Info: Karin Loré: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2329050122001437?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Gritstone bio, Inc.; Battelle Biomedical Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, self-amplifying mRNA vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Report of the preclinical development of a strong self-amplifying mRNA (SAM) vaccine being evaluated in clinical trials as both a homologous prime-boost regimen at low doses and as a boost following heterologous prime
References: PMID: 35672369 PMCID: PMC9173840 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31005-z
Contact Info: Karin Jooss: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31005-z
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Gritstone bio, Inc.; Battelle Biomedical Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, self-amplifying mRNA vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Report of the preclinical development of a strong self-amplifying mRNA (SAM) vaccine being evaluated in clinical trials as both a homologous prime-boost regimen at low doses and as a boost following heterologous prime
References: PMID: 35672369 PMCID: PMC9173840 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31005-z
Contact Info: Karin Jooss: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31005-z
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, CIGB, Ave. 31 E/158 y 190, Havana 10600, Cuba
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, chimeric antigen vaccine, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Fusion of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain with the extracellular domain of human CD154 is a promising vaccine candidate
References: PMID: 35746505 PMCID: PMC9228316 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10060897
Contact Info: Yamila Carpio and Mario Pablo Estrada: [email protected]; [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/6/897
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, CIGB, Ave. 31 E/158 y 190, Havana 10600, Cuba
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, chimeric antigen vaccine, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Fusion of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain with the extracellular domain of human CD154 is a promising vaccine candidate
References: PMID: 35746505 PMCID: PMC9228316 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10060897
Contact Info: Yamila Carpio and Mario Pablo Estrada: [email protected]; [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/6/897
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Departments of Biochemistry and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Bhopal, India
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, animal models, infection, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Review of the immunological and clinical manifestations observed in various natural and genetically-modified animal models of numerous COVID-19 studies. The authors also summarize up-to-date laboratory findings on available and significant COVID-19 animal models, and put forth their perspective for the objective dependent usage of animal models.
References: PMID: 35757923 DOI: 10.1080/08830185.2022.2089666
Contact Info: Ashok Kumar: [email protected]
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08830185.2022.2089666?journalCode=i…
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Departments of Biochemistry and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Bhopal, India
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, animal models, infection, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: Review of the immunological and clinical manifestations observed in various natural and genetically-modified animal models of numerous COVID-19 studies. The authors also summarize up-to-date laboratory findings on available and significant COVID-19 animal models, and put forth their perspective for the objective dependent usage of animal models.
References: PMID: 35757923 DOI: 10.1080/08830185.2022.2089666
Contact Info: Ashok Kumar: [email protected]
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08830185.2022.2089666?journalCode=i…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Institute Pasteur; Universite Paris Saclay-INSERM; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, NK cells, macrophages, blood and bronchoalveolar lavage, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Viral antigen is found in alveolar macrophages up to at least 18 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection in macaques. Additionally, an association was revealed between lower level of persisting viral antigen in alveolar macrophages and the activity of Spike-specific adaptive NH cells in the lung.
References: PMID: 35547853 / doi: 12.21203/rs.3.rs-1561222/v1
Contact Info: Nicolas Huot: [email protected]
URL: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1561222/v1
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Institute Pasteur; Universite Paris Saclay-INSERM; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, NK cells, macrophages, blood and bronchoalveolar lavage, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Viral antigen is found in alveolar macrophages up to at least 18 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection in macaques. Additionally, an association was revealed between lower level of persisting viral antigen in alveolar macrophages and the activity of Spike-specific adaptive NH cells in the lung.
References: PMID: 35547853 / doi: 12.21203/rs.3.rs-1561222/v1
Contact Info: Nicolas Huot: [email protected]
URL: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1561222/v1
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center; Tulane University School of Medicine; Zalgen Labs, LLC; Duke University Medical Center, Duke Human Vaccine Institute;
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, viral kinetics, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Pulmonary outcome of COVID-19 is not influenced by route of infection even though clinical onset shows differences.
References: PMID: 35789343 / doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010618
Contact Info: Chad Roy: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010618
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center; Tulane University School of Medicine; Zalgen Labs, LLC; Duke University Medical Center, Duke Human Vaccine Institute;
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, viral kinetics, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Pulmonary outcome of COVID-19 is not influenced by route of infection even though clinical onset shows differences.
References: PMID: 35789343 / doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010618
Contact Info: Chad Roy: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010618
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences; China National Center for Bioinformation; Capital Medical University; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, transcriptomic profiling, virus replication, primates
Summary of Study: This study provides the transcriptome profiling of various tissues from the living primate host post SARS-CoV-2 infection. It illustrates that wide-spread transcriptomic changes involving diverse functions exist in multi-organs; an elevated immune response in cerebral cortex was the prominent feature at the early stage of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
References: PMID: 35377064 / doi: 10.1007/s13238-022-00915-5
Contact Info: Ying Yang: [email protected]; Yun-Gui Yang: [email protected]; Chuan Qin: [email protected]; Wei-Min Tong: [email protected]
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13238-022-00915-5
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences; China National Center for Bioinformation; Capital Medical University; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, transcriptomic profiling, virus replication, primates
Summary of Study: This study provides the transcriptome profiling of various tissues from the living primate host post SARS-CoV-2 infection. It illustrates that wide-spread transcriptomic changes involving diverse functions exist in multi-organs; an elevated immune response in cerebral cortex was the prominent feature at the early stage of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
References: PMID: 35377064 / doi: 10.1007/s13238-022-00915-5
Contact Info: Ying Yang: [email protected]; Yun-Gui Yang: [email protected]; Chuan Qin: [email protected]; Wei-Min Tong: [email protected]
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13238-022-00915-5
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Betuvax LLC; Lomonosov Moscow State University; Clinical Excellence Group LLC; I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University; PJSC Human Stem Cells Institute; Center of Genetics and Reproductive Medicine; Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University; Biotechnology Developments LLC; Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, subunit vaccine, “Betuvax-CoV-2”, preclinical studies, several animal species, primates
Summary of Study: A vaccine developed as a subunit that contains a recombinant receptor-binding domain fusion protein and virus-like nanoparticles demonstrates effective protection through COVID-19 neutralizing antibody production and conferring infection and lung damage protection.
References: PMID: 36016181 / doi: 10.3390/vaccines10081290
Contact Info: Anna Vakrusheva: [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/8/1290
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Betuvax LLC; Lomonosov Moscow State University; Clinical Excellence Group LLC; I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University; PJSC Human Stem Cells Institute; Center of Genetics and Reproductive Medicine; Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University; Biotechnology Developments LLC; Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, subunit vaccine, “Betuvax-CoV-2”, preclinical studies, several animal species, primates
Summary of Study: A vaccine developed as a subunit that contains a recombinant receptor-binding domain fusion protein and virus-like nanoparticles demonstrates effective protection through COVID-19 neutralizing antibody production and conferring infection and lung damage protection.
References: PMID: 36016181 / doi: 10.3390/vaccines10081290
Contact Info: Anna Vakrusheva: [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/8/1290
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center; Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health; Censeo Insight, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, dose–response relationships, aerosol, virus isolates, primates
Summary of Study: Provides dose response data important to inform disease transmission and hazard modeling
References: doi: 10.1089/jamp.2022.0043
Contact Info: Paul Dabisch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/jamp.2022.0043
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center; Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health; Censeo Insight, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, dose–response relationships, aerosol, virus isolates, primates
Summary of Study: Provides dose response data important to inform disease transmission and hazard modeling
References: doi: 10.1089/jamp.2022.0043
Contact Info: Paul Dabisch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/jamp.2022.0043
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Institute of Zoonosis, and College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University; Chinese Academy of Medicine Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; Walvax Biotechnology Co., Ltd; Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Yuxi JOZO Biotechnology co., LTD; Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, equine immunoglobulin, anti virus efficacy, histopathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Therapeutic-grade equine immunoglobins are effective at improving the clinical symptoms of those hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 and can be rapidly developed.
References: PMID: 35798694 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-01095-8
Contact Info: Zhongping Xie: [email protected]; Ningyi Jin: [email protected]; Mingyuan Liu: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-01095-8
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Institute of Zoonosis, and College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University; Chinese Academy of Medicine Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; Walvax Biotechnology Co., Ltd; Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Yuxi JOZO Biotechnology co., LTD; Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, equine immunoglobulin, anti virus efficacy, histopathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Therapeutic-grade equine immunoglobins are effective at improving the clinical symptoms of those hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 and can be rapidly developed.
References: PMID: 35798694 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-01095-8
Contact Info: Zhongping Xie: [email protected]; Ningyi Jin: [email protected]; Mingyuan Liu: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-01095-8
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, transcriptomic profiling, lung endothelial cells, primates
Summary of Study: The specific genes that distinguished immuneEC and devEC populations in the NHP lungs after SARS-CoV-2 infection were different from the endotoxemic mouse lung. This may reflect either species differences or different injury-specific responses (bacterial endotoxin vs. SARS-CoV-2).
References: PMID: 35511435 / doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.158079
Contact Info: Lianghui Zhang: [email protected]; Jalees Rehman: [email protected]
URL: https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/158079
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, transcriptomic profiling, lung endothelial cells, primates
Summary of Study: The specific genes that distinguished immuneEC and devEC populations in the NHP lungs after SARS-CoV-2 infection were different from the endotoxemic mouse lung. This may reflect either species differences or different injury-specific responses (bacterial endotoxin vs. SARS-CoV-2).
References: PMID: 35511435 / doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.158079
Contact Info: Lianghui Zhang: [email protected]; Jalees Rehman: [email protected]
URL: https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/158079
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: China Biotechnology Co.LTD; Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University; Laboratory Animal Center, Academy of Military Medical Sciences
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, gene sequences, primates
Summary of Study: Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE2) binds to the SARS-CoV2 virus as a receptor, and variation of the ACE2 sequence and binding affinity may account for differences in susceptibility and responses to infection
References: PMID: 36105891 / doi: 10.1016/j.bsheal.2022.09.001
Contact Info: Xiaojun Zhou, Jingjing Zhao, Yefeng Qiu, Rui Jia
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9461283/
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: China Biotechnology Co.LTD; Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University; Laboratory Animal Center, Academy of Military Medical Sciences
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, gene sequences, primates
Summary of Study: Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE2) binds to the SARS-CoV2 virus as a receptor, and variation of the ACE2 sequence and binding affinity may account for differences in susceptibility and responses to infection
References: PMID: 36105891 / doi: 10.1016/j.bsheal.2022.09.001
Contact Info: Xiaojun Zhou, Jingjing Zhao, Yefeng Qiu, Rui Jia
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9461283/
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: North Carolina State University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, dry powder mRNA vaccine, tissue distribution, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Room-temperature stable inhalable lung-derived exosomes have been developed as mRNA and protein drug carriers, and they are deliverable to the lungs by dry powder inhalation and result in a greater immunoglobulin response compared to the standard.
References: PMID: 35847197 / doi: 10.1016/j.matt.2022.06.012
Contact Info: Ke Cheng: [email protected]
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9272513/
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: North Carolina State University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, dry powder mRNA vaccine, tissue distribution, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Room-temperature stable inhalable lung-derived exosomes have been developed as mRNA and protein drug carriers, and they are deliverable to the lungs by dry powder inhalation and result in a greater immunoglobulin response compared to the standard.
References: PMID: 35847197 / doi: 10.1016/j.matt.2022.06.012
Contact Info: Ke Cheng: [email protected]
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9272513/
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; AstraZeneca; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, bivalent monoclonal antibody, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Using human monoclonal antibodies that target the spike glycoprotein can be administered along with viral vector-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines without losing any effectiveness of either product.
References: PMID: 35857623 / doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abo6160
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/scitranslmed.abo6160?rfr_dat=cr_pub%20…
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; AstraZeneca; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, bivalent monoclonal antibody, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Using human monoclonal antibodies that target the spike glycoprotein can be administered along with viral vector-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines without losing any effectiveness of either product.
References: PMID: 35857623 / doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abo6160
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/scitranslmed.abo6160?rfr_dat=cr_pub%20…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Gritstone bio, Inc.; Battelle Biomedical Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, self-amplifying mRNA vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Report of the preclinical development of a strong self-amplifying mRNA (SAM) vaccine being evaluated in clinical trials as both a homologous prime-boost regimen at low doses and as a boost following heterologous prime
References: PMID: 35672369 PMCID: PMC9173840 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31005-z
Contact Info: Karin Jooss: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31005-z
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Gritstone bio, Inc.; Battelle Biomedical Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, self-amplifying mRNA vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Report of the preclinical development of a strong self-amplifying mRNA (SAM) vaccine being evaluated in clinical trials as both a homologous prime-boost regimen at low doses and as a boost following heterologous prime
References: PMID: 35672369 PMCID: PMC9173840 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31005-z
Contact Info: Karin Jooss: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31005-z
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Université Paris-Saclay; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris; Obesity Center, Department of Digestive, Oncologic and Metabolic Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, fat tissue, diagnostics, immunity, primates
Summary of Study: Subcutaneous adipose tissue (SCAT) is selectively infected by SARS-CoV-2 although changes in the immune properties of adispose tissue are observed in both SCAT and visceral adipose tissue
References: PMID: 35661814 PMCID: PMC9166782 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03503-9
Contact Info: Christine Bourgeois: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03503-9
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Université Paris-Saclay; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris; Obesity Center, Department of Digestive, Oncologic and Metabolic Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, fat tissue, diagnostics, immunity, primates
Summary of Study: Subcutaneous adipose tissue (SCAT) is selectively infected by SARS-CoV-2 although changes in the immune properties of adispose tissue are observed in both SCAT and visceral adipose tissue
References: PMID: 35661814 PMCID: PMC9166782 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03503-9
Contact Info: Christine Bourgeois: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03503-9
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Universite Paris-Saclay, INSERM, CEA; Life and Soft; IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Institut Pasteur
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, neonate animals, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: This pilot study demonstrates that neonatal NHPs are a relevant model for pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection.
References: PMID: 35603150 / doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.855230
Contact Info: Nabila Seddiki: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.855230/full
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Universite Paris-Saclay, INSERM, CEA; Life and Soft; IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Institut Pasteur
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, neonate animals, immune response, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: This pilot study demonstrates that neonatal NHPs are a relevant model for pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection.
References: PMID: 35603150 / doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.855230
Contact Info: Nabila Seddiki: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.855230/full
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: The Scripps Research Institute; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alpha Genesis; University of California, San Diego; La Jolla Institute for Immunology; Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1, comparative studies, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Using a two-shot protocol immunization with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein created strong serum receptor binding domain neutralizing antibody responses to both SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2.
References: PMID: 35947674 / doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abl9605
Contact Info: Ian Wilson: [email protected]; Dennis Burton: [email protected]; Raiees Andrabi: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/scitranslmed.abl9605?rfr_dat=cr_pub%20…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: The Scripps Research Institute; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alpha Genesis; University of California, San Diego; La Jolla Institute for Immunology; Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1, comparative studies, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Using a two-shot protocol immunization with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein created strong serum receptor binding domain neutralizing antibody responses to both SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2.
References: PMID: 35947674 / doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abl9605
Contact Info: Ian Wilson: [email protected]; Dennis Burton: [email protected]; Raiees Andrabi: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/scitranslmed.abl9605?rfr_dat=cr_pub%20…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing; Chinese Academy of Medicine Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; Guangzhou Laboratory; Kunming National High-level Biosafety Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus variants, virulence, pathogenesis, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Pathogenic differences of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 strain and a beta variant found the variant resulted in more severe lung injury and an elevated level of inflammatory cytokines, but a lower transmission ability.
References: PMID: 36069561 / doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02263-22
Contact Info: Junzhi Wang: [email protected]; Miao Xu: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/spectrum.02263-22?rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%2…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing; Chinese Academy of Medicine Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; Guangzhou Laboratory; Kunming National High-level Biosafety Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus variants, virulence, pathogenesis, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Pathogenic differences of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 strain and a beta variant found the variant resulted in more severe lung injury and an elevated level of inflammatory cytokines, but a lower transmission ability.
References: PMID: 36069561 / doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02263-22
Contact Info: Junzhi Wang: [email protected]; Miao Xu: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/spectrum.02263-22?rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%2…
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: [email protected]; Robert Seder: [email protected]
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: [email protected]; Robert Seder: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00388-9?_returnURL=https%3A//l…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Rodent Laboratory Animal Resources Center; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center; Northwest University; National Institutes for Food and Drug Control
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, preclinical models, several animal species, primates
Summary of Study: Current animal models for COVID-19 have limitations, and novel models must be developed to truly evaluate the virulence of variants and comorbidities. Proposed model improvements include the use of transgenes or knock-ins to create multiple gene combinations, or reselecting receptor genes.
References: PMID: 35798699 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-01087-8
Contact Info: Youchun Wang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-01087-8
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: National Rodent Laboratory Animal Resources Center; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center; Northwest University; National Institutes for Food and Drug Control
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, preclinical models, several animal species, primates
Summary of Study: Current animal models for COVID-19 have limitations, and novel models must be developed to truly evaluate the virulence of variants and comorbidities. Proposed model improvements include the use of transgenes or knock-ins to create multiple gene combinations, or reselecting receptor genes.
References: PMID: 35798699 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-01087-8
Contact Info: Youchun Wang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-01087-8
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital; National Kunming High-level Biosafety Primate Research Center; Nagasaki University; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, self-assembled trimeric protein vaccine, virus variants, mice, primates
Summary of Study: A self-assembled trimeric protein made from linking a sequence from the Delta variant and a subunit in SARS-CoV-2 shows a strong immune response against Omicron variants.
References: PMID: 36115859 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33209-9
Contact Info: Xiangrong Song: [email protected]; Shuaiyao Lu: [email protected]; Xiaozhong Peng: [email protected]; Guangwen Lu: [email protected]; Xiawei Wei: [email protected]
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9482656/
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital; National Kunming High-level Biosafety Primate Research Center; Nagasaki University; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, self-assembled trimeric protein vaccine, virus variants, mice, primates
Summary of Study: A self-assembled trimeric protein made from linking a sequence from the Delta variant and a subunit in SARS-CoV-2 shows a strong immune response against Omicron variants.
References: PMID: 36115859 / doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33209-9
Contact Info: Xiangrong Song: [email protected]; Shuaiyao Lu: [email protected]; Xiaozhong Peng: [email protected]; Guangwen Lu: [email protected]; Xiawei Wei: [email protected]
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9482656/
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Universite Paris-Saclay, Inserm, CEA; University of Amsterdam; Grousbeck Gene Therapy Center; Harvard Medical School; The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT; Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, computed X-ray tomography and [18F]-FDG positron emission tomography, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: CT, combined with [18F]-FDG PET imaging, to study SARS-CoV-2 infected NHPs, can produce strong and transposable readouts to monitor COVID-19 disease as well as the efficacy of future treatments and vaccine candidates.
References: PMID: 35313622 / doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104101
Contact Info: Thibaut Naninck: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)00371-6?_returnURL=https%3…
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Universite Paris-Saclay, Inserm, CEA; University of Amsterdam; Grousbeck Gene Therapy Center; Harvard Medical School; The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT; Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, computed X-ray tomography and [18F]-FDG positron emission tomography, pathology, primates
Summary of Study: CT, combined with [18F]-FDG PET imaging, to study SARS-CoV-2 infected NHPs, can produce strong and transposable readouts to monitor COVID-19 disease as well as the efficacy of future treatments and vaccine candidates.
References: PMID: 35313622 / doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104101
Contact Info: Thibaut Naninck: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)00371-6?_returnURL=https%3…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology; Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Proteomics and Biomarkers
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, circadian gene networks, transcriptome, primates
Summary of Study: Many mammalian genes are controlled by a central clock under circadian control, resulting in a rhythmic expression of genes involved in homeostasis. SARS-CoV-2 related genes are also rhythmically expressed, suggesting close interactions with circadian regulators.
References: PMID: 35906476 / doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03722-0
Contact Info: Guang-Zhong Wang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03722-0
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology; Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Proteomics and Biomarkers
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, circadian gene networks, transcriptome, primates
Summary of Study: Many mammalian genes are controlled by a central clock under circadian control, resulting in a rhythmic expression of genes involved in homeostasis. SARS-CoV-2 related genes are also rhythmically expressed, suggesting close interactions with circadian regulators.
References: PMID: 35906476 / doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03722-0
Contact Info: Guang-Zhong Wang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03722-0
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-022-00528-3
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: California National Primate Research Center; University of California, Davis
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, surveillance, diagnostics, multi-antigen assays , RT-PCR, primates
Summary of Study: Colony management practices including restricted access, PPE, personnel vaccination and testing requirements have been adequate to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within the CNPRC NHP colony along with developing multi-antigen assays to survey the population.
References: PMID: 35794847 / doi: 10.1111/jmp.12604
Contact Info: JoAnn Yee: [email protected]
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jmp.12604
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: California National Primate Research Center; University of California, Davis
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, surveillance, diagnostics, multi-antigen assays , RT-PCR, primates
Summary of Study: Colony management practices including restricted access, PPE, personnel vaccination and testing requirements have been adequate to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within the CNPRC NHP colony along with developing multi-antigen assays to survey the population.
References: PMID: 35794847 / doi: 10.1111/jmp.12604
Contact Info: JoAnn Yee: [email protected]
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jmp.12604