Anti-viral Antibodies in Animal Host
A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2022) | Viewed by 2557
Special Issue Editor
Interests: Influenza; Coronavirus, Antibodies; Antigenic Drift; Viral Evolution
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, an enormous effort has been made to understand the relation between antibodies and viruses. While the human host occupies a lot of attention, a man is rarely an exclusive host for viruses. Notably, while structurally unrelated, specialized proteins that recognize non-self antigens are found as far as in jawless vertebrates. Despite >500 Mya of independent evolution, these “antibodies” recognize the same proteins with overlapping epitopes as higher vertebrate Igs do (10.7554/eLife.07467).
Man is exposed to animals and their viruses daily. As antibodies interfere with viruses at various levels and shape viral populations, it is essential to understand antibody–virus relations beyond the human host. Such knowledge, combined with recent technological advancements in the field of antibody repertoire characterization and engineering, open new therapeutic possibilities.
Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue on “Antiviral Antibodies in Animal Host” is to qualitatively and quantitatively explore the antibody response to medically and economically relevant viruses, including but not limited to influenza, RSV, HIV, WNV, Ebola, papillomavirus, herpesvirus and coronavirus, in domesticated and wild animals. Original research and comprehensive review articles presenting recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives are invited.
These may cover antibody response to infection and vaccination, seroprevalence studies, mechanisms of virus neutralization, antigenic characterization, viral antigen immunodominance, viral evasion mechanisms and evolution, animal antibody repertoire and engineering research, as well as antibody-based antiviral therapies.
Dr. Ivan Kosik
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- virus
- antibody
- seroprevalence
- neutralization
- vaccination
- immunodominance
- antigen
