VirEOS Publications

Ultrapotent SARS coronavirus-neutralizing single-domain antibodies that bind a conserved membrane proximal epitope of the spike.
Sieglinde De Cae, Inge Van Molle, Loes van Schie, Sophie R. Shoemaker, Julie Deckers, Nincy Debeuf, Sahine Lameire, Wim Nerinckx, Kenny Roose, Daria Fijalkowska, Simon Devos, Anne-Sophie Desmet, Jackeline Cecilia Zavala Marchan, Toon Venneman, Koen Sedeyn, Marlies Ballegeer, Manon Vanheerswynghels, Caroline De Wolf, Hans Demol, Pieter Vanhaverbeke, Gholamreza Hassanzadeh Ghassabeh, Chiara Lonigro, Viki Bockstal, Manuela Rinaldi, Rana Abdelnabi, Johan Neyts, Susan Marqusee, Bart N. Lambrecht, Nico Callewaert, Han Remaut, Xavier Saelens, Bert Schepens.
bioRxiv (2023)
bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.10.531533
UGent/VIB
Single-molecule analysis of SARS-CoV-2 binding to C-type lectin receptors
J.D. Simpson, A. Ray, C. Marcon, R. dos Santos Natividade, G. Mohammad Dorrazehi, K. Durlet, M. Koehler, D. Alsteens
Nano Lett. (2023)
Nano Lett. (2023),23 (4) 1496-1504
UCLouvain
Single-molecule investigation of the binding interface stability of SARS-CoV-2 variants with ACE2"A.
Ray, T. T. Min Tran, R. d. S. Natividade, R.A. Moreira, J.D. Simpson, D. Mohammed, M. Koehler, S. J.L Petitjean, Q. Zhang, F. Bureau, L. Gillet, A.B. Poma,D. Alsteens
ACS Nanosciene Au (2024)
ACS Nanosciene Au (2024),4 (2) 136-145
UCLouvain - ULiege
Integrating artificial intelligence-based epitope prediction in a SARS-CoV-2 antibody discovery pipeline: caution is warranted.
Acar DD, Witkowski W, Wejda M, Wei R, Desmet T, Schepens B, De Cae S, Sedeyn K, Eeckhaut H, Fijalkowska D, Roose K, Vanmarcke S, Poupon A, Jochmans D, Zhang X, Abdelnabi R, Foo CS, Weynand B, Reiter D, Callewaert N, Remaut H, Neyts J, Saelens X, Gerlo S, Vandekerckhove L.
EBioMedicine. 2024
EBioMedicine. 2024 Feb;100:104960. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104960.
UGent/VIB - KULeuven
YF17D-based vaccines - standing on the shoulders of a giant.
Sanchez-Felipe L, Alpizar YA, Ma J, Coelmont L, Dallmeier K.
Eur J Immunol. 2024
Eur J Immunol. 2024 May;54(5):e2250133. doi: 10.1002/eji.202250133. Epub 2024 Apr 3. PMID: 38571392 Review.
KULeuven
Antigenic imprinting dominates humoral responses to new variants of SARS-CoV-2 in a hamster model of COVID-19
Joran Degryse, Elke Maas, Ria Lassaunière, Katrien Geerts, Yana Kumpanenko, Birgit Weynand, Piet Maes, Johan Neyts, Hendrik Jan Thibaut, Yeranddy A. Alpizar, Kai Dallmeier
bioRxiv (preprint) 2024
bioRxiv 2024.10.30.621174; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.30.621174
KULeuven
Repeated COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccination contributes to SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody responses in the mucosa
Declercq J, Gerlo S, Van Nevel S, De Ruyck N, Holtappels G, Delesie L, Tobback E, Lammens I, Gerebtsov N, Sedeyn K, Saelens X, Lambrecht BN, Gevaert P, Vandekerckhove L, Vanhee S.
Sci Transl Med. 2024
Sci Transl Med. 2024 Oct 23;16(770):eadn2364. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adn2364. PMID: 39441904.
UGent/VIB
Multiplexed multicolor antiviral assay amenable for high-throughput research.
Li LH, Chiu W, Huang YA, Rasulova M, Vercruysse T, Thibaut HJ, Ter Horst S, Rocha-Pereira J, Vanhoof G, Borrenberghs D, Goethals O, Kaptein SJF, Leyssen P, Neyts J, Dallmeier K.
Nat Commun. 2024
Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 2;15(1):42. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-44339-z. PMID: 38168091
KULeuven
Polyfunctional immunity and transcriptional imprint associated with protection by chimeric live-attenuated Zika virus vaccine in non-human primates.
Ji Ma, Bert Malengier-Devlies, Babs Verstrepen, Yeranddy Alpizar Aquiar, Thomas Vercruysse, Mahadesh Javarappa, Lorena Sanchez-Felipe, Gerrit Koopmans, Natasja de Groot, Patrick Matthys, Johan Neyts, Ernst Verschoor, Lotte Coelmont, Hendrik Jan Thibaut, Johan Van Weyenbergh, Kai Dallmeier
Preprint on Research Square (posted 22 Oct, 2024)
Preprint on Research Square (posted 22 Oct, 2024) https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5161132/v1
KULeuven
Involvement of paraspeckle components in viral infections.
Milcamps R, Michiels T.
Nucleus. 2024
Nucleus. 2024 Dec;15(1):2350178. doi: 10.1080/19491034.2024.2350178. Epub 2024 May 8.
UCLouvain
MX2 forms nucleoporin-comprising cytoplasmic biomolecular condensates that lure viral capsids.
Moschonas GD, Delhaye L, Cooreman R, Hüsers F, Bhat A, Stylianidou Z, De Bousser E, De Pryck L, Grzesik H, De Sutter D, Parthoens E, De Smet AS, Maciejczuk A, Lippens S, Callewaert N, Vandekerckhove L, Debyser Z, Sodeik B, Eyckerman S, Saelens X.
Cell Host Microbe. 2024
Cell Host Microbe. 2024 Oct 9;32(10):1705-1724.e14. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.09.002. PMID: 39389033.
UGent/VIB
GLP-1R agonist therapy and vaccine response: Neglected implications.
van Niekerk G, Coelmont L, Alpizar YA, Kelchtermans L, Broeckhoven E, Dallmeier K.
Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2024
Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2024 Aug;78:14-24. doi: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2024.07.006. Epub 2024 Jul 15. PMID: 39025754
KULeuven
Cholecystokinin and gastrin as immune modulating hormones: Implications and applications.
van Niekerk G, Kelchtermans L, Broeckhoven E, Coelmont L, Alpizar YA, Dallmeier K.
Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2024
2024 Nov 18:S1359-6101(24)00091-1. doi: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2024.11.003. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39580238
KULeuven
Thymidine kinase-expressing yellow fever 17D reporter virus facilitates prodrug activation and bioorthogonal labelling of infected cells.
Michael B. Yakass, Sander Jansen, Viktor Lemmens, Lorena Sanchez-Felipe, Johan Neyts, Nathan W. Luedtke, Osbourne Quaye, Kai Dallmeier
Preprint (October 26, 2024) on bioRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.25.620260
KULeuven
SeParate: multiway fluorescence-activated droplet sorting based on integration of serial and parallel triaging concepts.
Verbist W, Breukers J, Sharma S, Rutten I, Gerstmans H, Coelmont L, Dal Dosso F, Dallmeier K, Lammertyn J.
Lab Chip. 2024
Lab Chip. 2024 Mar 26;24(7):2107-2121. doi: 10.1039/d3lc01075a. PMID: 38450543
KULeuven
YF17D-vectored Ebola vaccine candidate protects mice against lethal surrogate Ebola and yellow fever virus challenge.
Lemmens V, Kelchtermans L, Debaveye S, Chiu W, Vercruysse T, Ma J, Thibaut HJ, Neyts J, Sanchez-Felipe L, Dallmeier K.
NPJ Vaccines. 2023
NPJ Vaccines. 2023 Jul 11;8(1):99. doi: 10.1038/s41541-023-00699-7. PMID: 37433816
KULeuven
Regulation of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases by phosphorylation
Duflos C, Michiels T
Frontiers in Virology 2023
Frontiers in Virology 2023. doi: 10.3389/fviro.2023.1176840
UCLouvain
Heparin-induced allosteric changes in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein facilitate ACE2 binding and viral entry
S.J.L. Petitjean, S. Eeckhout, M. Delguste, Q. Zhang, K. Durlet, D. Alsteens
Nano Lett. (2023)
Nano Lett. (2023),23 (24) 11678 – 11684
UCLouvain
Palaeoserology - teeth put into ancient plagues and pandemics.
Dallmeier K.
Microb Biotechnol. 2022
Microb Biotechnol. 2022 Jul;15(7):1940-1942. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.14065. Epub 2022 Apr 27. PMID: 35478431
KULeuven
Development of SARS-CoV2 humoral response including neutralizing antibodies is not sufficient to protect patients against fatal infection.
Choteau M, Scohy A, Messe S, Luyckx M, Dechamps M, Montiel V, Yombi JC, Gruson D, Limaye N, Michiels T, Dumoutier L.
Sci Rep. 2022
Sci Rep. 2022 Feb 8;12(1):2077. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06038-5.
UCLouvain
Live-attenuated YF17D-vectored COVID-19 vaccine protects from lethal yellow fever virus infection in mouse and hamster models.
Ma J, Yakass MB, Jansen S, Malengier-Devlies B, Van Looveren D, Sanchez-Felipe L, Vercruysse T, Weynand B, Javarappa MPA, Quaye O, Matthys P, Roskams T, Neyts J, Thibaut HJ, Dallmeier K.
EBioMedicine. 2022
EBioMedicine. 2022 Sep;83:104240. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104240. Epub 2022 Aug 27. PMID: 36041265
KULeuven
Updated vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 variants including Omicron (B.1.1.529) and prevents transmission in hamsters.
Sharma S, Vercruysse T, Sanchez-Felipe L, Kerstens W, Rasulova M, Bervoets L, De Keyzer C, Abdelnabi R, Foo CS, Lemmens V, Van Looveren D, Maes P, Baele G, Weynand B, Lemey P, Neyts J, Thibaut HJ, Dallmeier K.
Nat Commun. 2022
Nat Commun. 2022 Nov 4;13(1):6644. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34439-7. PMID: 36333374
KULeuven
Cov2MS: An Automated and Quantitative Matrix-Independent Assay for Mass Spectrometric Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein.
Van Puyvelde B, Van Uytfanghe K, Van Oudenhove L, Gabriels R, Van Royen T, Matthys A, Razavi M, Yip R, Pearson T, Drouin N, Claereboudt J, Foley D, Wardle R, Wyndham K, Hankemeier T, Jones D, Saelens X, Martens G, Stove CP, Deforce D, Martens L, Vissers JPC, Anderson NL, Dhaenens M.
Anal Chem. 2022
Anal Chem. 2022 Dec 20;94(50):17379-17387.
UGent/VIB
Cardiovirus leader proteins retarget RSK kinases toward alternative substrates to perturb nucleocytoplasmic traffic.
Lizcano-Perret B, Lardinois C, Wavreil F, Hauchamps P, Herinckx G, Sorgeloos F, Vertommen D, Gatto L, Michiels T.
PLoS Pathog. 2022
PLoS Pathog. 2022 Dec 12;18(12):e1011042. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011042.
UCLouvain