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Sean P. J. Whelan
Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis
Publications - 194
Citations - 22049
Sean P. J. Whelan is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vesicular stomatitis virus & Virus. The author has an hindex of 58, co-authored 171 publications receiving 15387 citations. Previous affiliations of Sean P. J. Whelan include University of Pittsburgh & University of Alabama.
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Tracking Changes in SARS-CoV-2 Spike: Evidence that D614G Increases Infectivity of the COVID-19 Virus.
Bette T. Korber,Will Fischer,Sandrasegaram Gnanakaran,Hyejin Yoon,James Theiler,Werner Abfalterer,Nick Hengartner,Elena E. Giorgi,Tanmoy Bhattacharya,Brian T. Foley,Kathryn M. Hastie,Matthew Parker,David G Partridge,Cariad Evans,Timothy M. Freeman,Thushan I de Silva,Adrienne Angyal,Rebecca Brown,Laura Carrilero,Luke R. Green,Luke R. Green,Luke R. Green,Danielle C. Groves,Katie Johnson,Alexander J Keeley,Benjamin B Lindsey,Paul J. Parsons,Mohammad Raza,Sarah Rowland-Jones,Nikki Smith,Rachel Tucker,Dennis Wang,Matthew Wyles,Charlene McDanal,Lautaro G. Perez,Haili Tang,Alex Moon-Walker,Alex Moon-Walker,Alex Moon-Walker,Sean P. J. Whelan,Celia C. LaBranche,Erica Ollmann Saphire,David C. Montefiori +42 more
TL;DR: A SARS-CoV-2 variant carrying the Spike protein amino acid change D614G has become the most prevalent form in the global pandemic, and it is found that the G614 variant grows to higher titer as pseudotyped virions.
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Ebola virus entry requires the cholesterol transporter Niemann–Pick C1
Jan E. Carette,Jan E. Carette,Matthijs Raaben,Anthony C. Wong,Andrew S. Herbert,Gregor Obernosterer,Gregor Obernosterer,Nirupama Mulherkar,Ana I. Kuehne,Philip J. Kranzusch,April M. Griffin,Gordon Ruthel,Paola Dal Cin,John M. Dye,Sean P. J. Whelan,Kartik Chandran,Thijn R. Brummelkamp,Thijn R. Brummelkamp +17 more
TL;DR: It is shown that membrane fusion mediated by filovirus glycoproteins and viral escape from the vesicular compartment require the NPC1 protein, independent of its known function in cholesterol transport, which indicates potential antiviral strategies to combat these deadly agents.
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Complete Mapping of Mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Receptor-Binding Domain that Escape Antibody Recognition.
Allison J. Greaney,Allison J. Greaney,Tyler N. Starr,Pavlo Gilchuk,Seth J. Zost,Elad Binshtein,Andrea N. Loes,Andrea N. Loes,Sarah K Hilton,John Huddleston,Rachel Eguia,Katharine H.D. Crawford,Katharine H.D. Crawford,Adam S. Dingens,Rachel S. Nargi,Rachel E. Sutton,Naveenchandra Suryadevara,Paul W. Rothlauf,Paul W. Rothlauf,Zhuoming Liu,Sean P. J. Whelan,Robert H. Carnahan,Robert H. Carnahan,James E. Crowe,James E. Crowe,Jesse D. Bloom,Jesse D. Bloom,Jesse D. Bloom +27 more
TL;DR: A deep mutational scanning method is described to map how all amino-acid mutations in the RBD affect antibody binding, and this method is applied to 10 human monoclonal antibodies to enable rational design of antibody therapeutics and assessment of the antigenic consequences of viral evolution.
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Endosomal Proteolysis of the Ebola Virus Glycoprotein Is Necessary for Infection
Kartik Chandran,Nancy J. Sullivan,Ute Felbor,Sean P. J. Whelan,James M. Cunningham,James M. Cunningham +5 more
TL;DR: Biochemical studies demonstrate that CatB and CatL mediate entry by carrying out proteolysis of the EboV GP subunit GP1 and support a multistep mechanism that explains the relative contributions of these enzymes to infection.
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Subcapsular sinus macrophages in lymph nodes clear lymph-borne viruses and present them to antiviral B cells
Tobias Junt,E. Ashley Moseman,Matteo Iannacone,Steffen Massberg,Philipp A. Lang,Marianne Boes,Katja Fink,Sarah E. Henrickson,Dmitry M. Shayakhmetov,Nelson C. Di Paolo,Nico van Rooijen,Thorsten R. Mempel,Sean P. J. Whelan,Ulrich H. von Andrian +13 more
TL;DR: Findings indicate that CD169+ macrophages have a dual physiological function that acts as innate ‘flypaper’ by preventing the systemic spread of lymph-borne pathogens and as critical gatekeepers at the lymph–tissue interface that facilitate the recognition of particulate antigens by B cells and initiate humoral immune responses.