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Coronavirus Studies in Nonhuman Primate Models

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

Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 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: marmosets
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: National Research Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology; Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune-and-Biological Products of Russian Academy of Sciences; Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vector-based heterologous vaccine, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Intranasal Sputnik V vaccine is a novel mucosal vaccine with immunogenic and protective properties identified by immunoglobin and neutralizing antibody production, antigen-specific T-cell response, and cytokine release.
References: PMID: 36031930 / doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2119169
Contact Info: Amir I. Tukhvatulin: [email protected]
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2022.2119169
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: hhc Data Creation Center, Tsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Ltd., 5-1-3 Tokodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-2635, Japan; Drug Discovery Platform, KAN Research Institute, Inc., 6-8-2 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan; Medicine Development Center, Tsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Ltd., 5-1-3 Tokodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-2635, Japan; Department of Immunology and Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, lipid nanoparticles, encapsulated mRNA, immunogenicity, mice, primates
Summary of Study:
References: doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2022.09.017
Contact Info: Yuta Suzuki: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2162253122002608?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathum Thani, Thailand; Baiya Phytopharm Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; National Primate Research Center of Thailand-Chulalongkorn University, Saraburi, Thailand.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, recombinant subunit vaccine, plants, immune response, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Three-dose regimen of Baiya SARS-CoV-2 Vax 1 vaccine elicits neutralizing immune response against SARS-CoV-2 variants.
References: doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.901978
Contact Info: Waranyoo Phoolcharoen: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.901978/full
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Saskatchewan; Dalhousie University; University of Pittsburgh
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, post-acute sequelae, pathology, immune response, several animal species, primates
Summary of Study: Analysis of work done in different animal models in order to understand the mechanisms of Long COVID that could help identify treatments.
References: PMID: 36070309 / doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010741
Contact Info: Alyson A. Kelvin: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010741
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Stanford University; University of Washington; Emory National Primate Research Center, and Emory University School of Medicine; Tulane National Primate Research Center; University of Louisiana at Lafayette; University of Maryland School of Medicine; University of California, San Diego; La Jolla Institute for Immunology; GSK; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Tulane University School of Medicine;
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, adjuvanted subunit vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: An adjuvanted subunit vaccine results in significant and durable memory T- and B-cell responses to Beta and Omicron variants and was found to suppress viral load and protect lungs after Omicron infection.
References: PMID: 35976993 / doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abq4130
Contact Info: Bali Pulendran: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/scitranslmed.abq4130?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…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: prevention
NPRC/Institute: University of Washington; Washington National Primate Research Center; Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Taipei; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, helper-dependent adenovirus (HDAd5/35++), HSC gene therapy, safety, virus protection, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Pilot studies of a simple and portable in vivo hematopoietic HSC transduction approach that involves HSC mobilization from the bone marrow into the peripheral blood stream and the intravenous injection of an integrating, helper-dependent adenovirus vector system demonstrated safety and efficacy in mice and a rhesus macaque.
References: PMID: 35057635 / doi: 10.1089/hum.2021.295
Contact Info: Andre Lieber: [email protected]; Steve Roffler: [email protected]; Hans-Peter Kiem: [email protected]; Deborah Fuller: [email protected]
URL: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/hum.2021.295?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: cynomolgus macaques, rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Vaxxiniy, Inc., Dallas, Texas; United Biomedical, Inc. (Taiwan and USA); Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, subunit protein-peptide vaccine, immunogenicity, rat, mice, primates
Summary of Study: RBD-Protein/Peptide Vaccine Elicits Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
References: doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2140608
Contact Info: Farshad Guirakhoo: [email protected]
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2022.2140608
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Kazakhstan
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, inactivated vaccine, safety, immune response, several animal species, primates
Summary of Study: The first COVID-19 inactivated vaccine developed in Kazakhstan did not result in any adverse effect or change in condition of the animals' health, has high immunogenic potential, and is safe to move to clinical research.
References: PMID: 35960911 / doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2087412
Contact Info: Zhandos Abay: [email protected]
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21645515.2022.2087412
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences; Fudan University; Shanghai King-Cell Biotechnology Co., Ltd.; Mabwell Bioscience Co., Ltd.; Shenzhen University; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, self-adjuvanting peptide vaccine, CoVac501, immune response, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: CoVac501, a novel SARS-CoV-2 vaccine that is fully chemically synthesized and self-adjuvanting, provided potent protection for cynomolgus macaques against challenges from very high doses of SARS-CoV-2.
References: PMID: 35102138 / doi: 10.1038/s41421-021-00370-2
Contact Info: Qiuping Qin: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41421-021-00370-2
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo; Kumamoto University; ID Pharma Co., Ltd.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, intranasal vaccine, non-S antigens, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: CD8+ T cell induction by intranasal vaccination with a vaccine expressing viral non-S antigens can result in NAb-independent control of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
References: PMID: 35233545 / doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100520
Contact Info: Tetsuro Matano: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(22)00020-9?_retu…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane University School of Medicine; Nanchang University; Tulane National Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, CRISPR-RT–PCR assay, longitudinal analysis, mucosal, plasma, and breath samples, primates
Summary of Study: CRISPR-FDS may provide a means to evaluate systemic viral/viral RNA burden not detectable by RT-qPCR to improve diagnosis and better predict outcomes for SARS-CoV-2 infections.
References: PMID: 35108153 / doi: 10.1080/22221751.2038020
Contact Info: Tony Hu: tonyhu2tulane.edu
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2022.2038020
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: multiple species
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: NIBSC Division of Infectious Disease Diagnostics, Division of Virology, Division of Analytical and Biological Sciences, other, Hertfordshire, UK
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virology, molecular and pathological outcomes, several animal species, primates
Summary of Study: Viral outcomes in multiple species
References: doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-23339-x
Contact Info: Neil Berry: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-23339-x
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Shanghai Zerun Biotech Co., Ltd.; numerous others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, recombinant vaccine, immunogenicity, virus variants, hamster, primates
Summary of Study: A potent, broadly protective vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.
References: doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00571-0
Contact Info: Chenliang Zhou: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-022-00571-0
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; Kunming No.1 High School; Kunming National High-level Biosafety Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccines, repertoire diversities of B cells and T cells, whole-virus inactivated and S1 protein subunit vaccine, primates
Summary of Study: Comparison of B-cell and T-cell responses between a whole-virus inactivated vaccine and an S1 protein subunit vaccine.
References: PMID: 36070519 / doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2118477
Contact Info: Huiwen Zheng: [email protected]
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21645515.2022.2118477
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Pfizer; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Texas Biomedical Research Institute; New Iberia Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pathology, inflammation, Golden Syrian Hamster, primates
Summary of Study: Macaques may be appropriate for mechanistic studies of mild asymptomatic COVID-19 pneumonia and COVID-19-associated encephalitis, whereas Syrian hamsters may be more suited to study severe COVID-19 pneumonia.
References: PMID: 35128980 / doi: 10.1177/01926233211072767
Contact Info: Shambhunath Choudhary: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01926233211072767?rfr_dat=cr_pub%…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Institute of Biological Products; Chinese Academy of Medicine Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, recombinant protein subunit vaccine and an inactivated vaccine, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: Both vaccines evaluated in this study significantly reduced the viral load in the respiratory tract, alleviated pathological changes, and relieved lung inflammation in vaccinated macaques. The possible contribution of antibodies possessing neutralizing reactivity or cell-mediated cytotoxicity and immune memory to vaccine induced protection was also highlighted.
References: PMID: 35241645 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-00926-y
Contact Info: Junzhi Wang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-00926-y
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, China; State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing , numerous others.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, single-nucleus transcriptomics, pathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Single-nucleus transcriptomic profiling of multiple organs
References: doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.443
Contact Info: Xiaoqun Wang: nc.ude.unb@gnawnuqoaix
URL: https://www.zoores.ac.cn/en/article/doi/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.443
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…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; numerous others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, Ad26.COV2.S, spike ferritin nanoparticles, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 variant challenge
References: doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ade4433
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade4433
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Ology Bioservices; Harvard Medical School, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; US Department of Defense; Logistics Management Institute; Washington University School of Medicine; Bioqual, Inc.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies, primates
Summary of Study: Neutralizing antibodies with extended half-life and lacking Fc-mediated effector functions are efficient for pre-exposure prophylaxis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in NHPs.
References: PMID: 35132398 / doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2022.01.004
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/med/fulltext/S2666-6340(22)00039-3?_returnURL=https%3A//li…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Biopharmaceutical Research Division, Osaka, Japan
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, recombinant spike protein vaccine, virus variants, immune response
Summary of Study: Homologous and heterologous booster vaccinations of S-268019-b, a recombinant S protein-based vaccine
References: doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.10.092
Contact Info: Shinya Omoto: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22013792?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: University of Oxford, UK; Ifakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, long-lived plasma cells, lymph node germinal centers, humans, primates
Summary of Study: Human lymphoid tissue sampling for vaccinology
References: doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1045529
Contact Info: Carolyn M. Nielsen: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1045529/full
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…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Sun Yat-sen University; Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences; Qianyang Biomedical Research Institute; Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Receptor Binding Domain (RBD)-Conjugated Nanoparticle Vaccine, virus variants, hACE2 mice, primates
Summary of Study: RBD-based monovalent or multivalent nanoparticle vaccines provide a promising second-generation vaccine strategy for SARS-CoV-2 variants.
References: PMID: 35142444 / doi: 10.1002/advs.202105378
Contact Info: Ting Pan: [email protected]; Hui Zhang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9008796/
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.; Department of Pathology and Influenza Virus Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, recombinant S-protein vaccine S-268019-b, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 recombinant S-protein vaccine S-268019-b in cynomolgus monkeys
References: PMID: 35691872 PMCID: PMC9167832 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.22.05.081
Contact Info: Hideki Hasegawa: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22007186?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Paris-East Creteil University; Universite Paris-Saclay Fontenay-aux-Roses; CEA-INSERM, University of Lille; Universite de Lyon; Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie de Lyon; Institut Curie; Justus Liebig University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, lung cell senescence, RNA analysis, pathology, humans, primates
Summary of Study: Cell senescence was monitored in cynomolgus macaques to evaluate potential links between SARS-CoV-2 infection and aging. Data constitute the first evidence of temporal and topographic relations between senescent cell accumulation and pulmonary lesions induced by SARS-CoV-2.
References: PMID: 34648725 / doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2021-0205LE
Contact Info: Serge Adnot: [email protected]
URL: https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1165/rcmb.2021-0205LE?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rf…
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
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: marmosets
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory; United Kingdom Health and Security Agency
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, aerosolized virus, pathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Following COVID-19 exposure, marmosets did not develop clinical signs other than a disruption to the diurnal temperature rhythm. This may be due to an innate immunological response, which included an increase in neutrophils and monocytes and a reduction in T-cells.
References: PMID: 35891560 / doi: 10.3390/v14071580
Contact Info: Rachel Ireland: [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/7/1580
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Chin Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, China
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, traditional Chinese medicine, mice, hamsters, primates
Summary of Study: Model exploration for discovering COVID-19 targeted traditional Chinese medicine
References: doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12333
Contact Info: Fengmei Lian: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022036210?via%3Dihub=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: University of Central Florida; Tulane National Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pathology, heart, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: SARS-CoV-2 infection is characterized by an exaggerated inflammatory immune response in the heart, which possibly contributes to myocardial remodeling and subsequent fibrosis.
References: PMID: 35203260 / doi: 10.3390/cells11040611
Contact Info: Manish Kumar Gupta: [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/4/611
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Institute de Biologie Structurale; Universite Paris-Saclay, Inserm, CEA; Amsterdam University Medical Centers; Institute Pasteur, Universite de Paris; Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine candidate, synthetic spike (S) glycoprotein-coated lipid vesicles, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: Immunization of cynomolgus macaques with S coated onto lipid vesicles (S-LVs) induces high antibody titers with potent neutralizing activity against the vaccine strain, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma variants as well as T helper (Th)1 CD4+-biased T cell responses.
References: PMID: 35233549 / doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100528
Contact Info: Winfried Weissenhorn: [email protected]; Roger Le Grand: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(22)00028-3?_retu…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, inactivated vaccine, pathology, virus variants, primates
Summary of Study: Three doses of a prototypic SARS-CoV-2 inactivated vaccine reduced viral loads in nasal, throat and anal swabs and pulmonary tissues and improved the pathological changes lungs of animals infected by variants of Alpha, Beta and Delta.
References: PMID: 35217639 / doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-00920-4
Contact Info: Zhongping Xie: [email protected]; Wenjie Tan: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-00920-4
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=
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…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: marmosets
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tsinghua University; Chongqing Medical University; Boston University School of Medicine; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shenzhen Bay Laboratory; Peking University Shenshen Graduate School; Fudan University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pathogenesis, neutralization antibodies, primates
Summary of Study: Kappa, Delta, or B.1.618 spike uses human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) with no or slightly increased efficiency, while it gains a significantly increased binding affinity with mouse, marmoset, and koala ACE2 orthologs, which exhibit limited binding with wild-type (WT) spike. Collectively, this study revealed that enhanced human and mouse ASE receptor engagement, increased spike cleavage, and reduced sensitivity to neutralization antibodies of Kapa, Delta and B.1.618 may contribute to the rapid spread of these variants.
References: PMID: 35266815 / doi: 10.1128/mbio.00099-22
Contact Info: Qiang Ding: [email protected]
URL: https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mbio.00099-22?rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pu…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: diagnostics
NPRC/Institute: Universite Paris-Saclay, Inserm, CEA; Sorbonne Universite; BioPredictive; Institut Pasteur
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, blood test, diagnostics, primates
Summary of Study: Results validate the diagnostic and prognostic performances of A1HPV6 in patients infected by SARS-CoV-2, not hospitalized in ICU. These results are reinforced by similar kinetics of A1, HP, and A2M observed in the macaque model.
References: PMID: 35174366 / doi: 10.1016/j.gastha.2021.12.009
Contact Info: Thierry Poynard: [email protected]
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8818442/
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Chinese Academy of Sciences; China Agricultural University; Capital Medical University; University of Science & Technology of China; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, human neutralizing antibodies, virus variants, mice, primates
Summary of Study: bsAB15 was developed and shown to efficiently neutralize all single-mAb escape mutants. This bsAb is a feasible and effective strategy to treat and prevent severe COVID-19.
References: PMID: 35228696 / doi: 10.1038/s41590-022-01138-w
Contact Info: Yan Wu: [email protected]; Feng Gao: [email protected]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-022-01138-w
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan; Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan; others
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, vaccine development, attenuated vaccinia virus, immune response, proteomics, virus variants, mice, primates
Summary of Study: Vaccine protects monkeys and transgenic mice from SARS-CoV-2 and variants
References: doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.967019
Contact Info: Michinori Kohara: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.967019/full
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses; Jilin University First Hospital; Beijing Institute of Biotechnology; College of Basic Medical Sciences; Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University; Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology; Shaanxi Normal University
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, proteomics, metabolomics, pathology, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: An established COVID-19 model demonstrates that the innate immune response, neutrophil and platelet activation were dysregulated in infected NHPs, and these were greatly weakened in the most infected NHPs, which models moderately infected humans.
References: PMID: 35903092 / doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.954121
Contact Info: Yuwei Gao: [email protected]; Yan Liu: [email protected]; Xiaochang Xue: [email protected]; Hui Wang: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.954121/full
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center; Tulane University School of Medicine
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, virus genome, gut, virus evolution, primates
Summary of Study: Previous reports that an intact furin cleavage site is important for infection in vivo were confirmed in this study. Additionally, three mutations were identified that may represent an adaptation of SARS-CoV2 to African green monkeys or to NHP generally.
References: PMID: 35062281 / doi: 10.3390/v14010077
Contact Info: Nicholas Maness: [email protected]
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/1/77
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques, african green monkeys
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review:
NPRC/Institute: Biomedical Primate Research Centre/The Netherlands; NIAID; University Paris-Saclay, Inserm; Tulane National Primate Research Center; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; University of Pittsburgh Center for Vaccine Research; Texas Biomedical Research Institute; Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, advanced medical imaging, pathogenesis, primates
Summary of Study: The reviewers argue that advanced imaging tools add unique insight into poorly understood relationships of SARS-CV-2 exposure, infection, the host response, and disease presentation in the lungs.
References: PMID: 34955425 / doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2021.12.001
Contact Info: Marieke Stammes: [email protected]
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471491421003166?via%3Dihub=
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
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=
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: University of Oxford, UK; Ifakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, review, long-lived plasma cells, lymph node germinal centers, humans, primates
Summary of Study: Human lymphoid tissue sampling for vaccinology
References: doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1045529
Contact Info: Carolyn M. Nielsen: [email protected]
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1045529/full
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…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species: rhesus macaques
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: Tulane National Primate Research Center
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, noncompeting antibody cocktail, vaccine, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A neutralizing mAB cocktail with extended half-life can be delivered intramuscularly to provide prophylactic protection against infection in rhesus macaques.
References: PMID: 35291730 / doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2022.02.004
Contact Info: Jay Rappaport: [email protected]
URL: https://www.cell.com/med/fulltext/S2666-6340(22)00087-3?_returnURL=https%3A//li…
Coronavirus Investigated: SARS-CoV-2
NHP Species:
Year Published: 2022
Study Type/Review: vaccine
NPRC/Institute: MIT; Harvard Medical School; University of Kansas; Tufts University; SpyBiotech Limited; Bioqual; Bill and Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute; Serum Institute of India; University of Oxford; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard; Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, receptor binding domain, HBsAg virus–like particles, immune response, primates
Summary of Study: A clinical-stage vaccine candidate comprising a SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain-hepatitis B surface antigen virus-like particle elicited protective immunity in cynomolgus macaques.
References: PMID: 35294244 / doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abl6015
Contact Info: Dan Barouch: [email protected]
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl6015?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=o…
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…