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The engineered sACE2-Fc fusion protein provides complete prophylactic protection against SARS-CoV-2 through intranasal administration.

HealthcareTechnologyVirologyApr 21, 2026score 0.173 posts · 0 replies across 1 instances
This thread discusses a study on the use of an engineered sACE2-Fc fusion protein for intranasal prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2, highlighting its potential to redirect the virus to phagocytes for clearance. The posts include reviewer comments and author responses, indicating the study's innovative approach and its effectiveness in providing complete prophylactic protection.

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The engineered sACE2-Fc fusion protein provides complete prophylactic protection against SARS-CoV-2 through intranasal administration.
Parent: HealthcareEntity: SARS-CoV-2 prophylaxisImpact: positiveDate: Apr 21, 2026Target: The effectiveness of the sACE2-Fc fusion protein as a prophylactic measure against SARS-CoV-2.

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Redirection of SARS-CoV-2 to Phagocytes by Intranasal sACE2-Fc as a Universal Decoy Confers Complete Prophylactic Protection hypothes.is/a/wBL-2D2OEfGW6TOd2rdM3Q **Reviewer #3 (Public review):** Strengths: The core strength of this study lies in its innovative demonstration that an engineered sACE2-Fc fusion redirects virus-decoy complexes to Fc-mediated phagocytosis and lysosomal clearance in…
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Redirection of SARS-CoV-2 to Phagocytes by Intranasal sACE2-Fc as a Universal Decoy Confers Complete Prophylactic Protection hypothes.is/a/v8qASj2OEfGIN-NpPyj02g **Author response:** The following is the authors’ response to the original reviews. > **Public Reviews:** > > **Reviewer #1 (Public review):** > > Summary: > > This manuscript by Wang et al. describes the development of an optimized soluble ACE2-Fc…
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Redirection of SARS-CoV-2 to Phagocytes by Intranasal sACE2-Fc as a Universal Decoy Confers Complete Prophylactic Protection hypothes.is/a/wHnakD2OEfGQY6PqFlPJ7g **Reviewer #1 (Public review):** Summary: This manuscript by Wang et al. describes the development of an optimized soluble ACE2-Fc fusion protein, B5-D3, for intranasal prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2. As shown, B5-D3 conferred protection not only…
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