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Gene Synthesis> | Fab heavy and light chain regions were synthesized (GenScript), fused to the promoter-signal peptide cassette by overlap PCR (heavy chain downstream of pPolyH-gp67 and light chain downstream of p10-HBM), and ligated into the SfiI sites of a derivative of pFastBacDual. | Get A Quote |
Identification of broadly neutralizing antibodies against influenza A viruses has raised hopes for the development of monoclonal antibody-based immunotherapy and "universal" vaccines for influenza. However, a substantial part of the annual flu burden is caused by two cocirculating, antigenically distinct lineages of influenza B viruses. Here, we report human monoclonal antibodies, CR8033, CR8071, and CR9114, that protect mice against lethal challenge from both lineages. Antibodies CR8033 and CR8071 recognize distinct conserved epitopes in the head region of the influenza B hemagglutinin (HA), whereas CR9114 binds a conserved epitope in the HA stem and protects against lethal challenge with influenza A and B vir... More