Engineered immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies typically exhibit superior neutralization potency and avidity compared to their parental IgG counterparts, primarily due to multivalent binding to repeated epitopes on a targeting antigen. In this study, we characterize the neutralization breadth and mechanism of action of IgM-14, a previously reported intranasally deliverable antibody targeting SARS-CoV-2. IgM-14 demonstrates remarkably potent antiviral activity against all pre-Omicron variants but s
Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by IgM-14 via engagement of two distinct spike epitopes
Yan Wang·Xuping Xie·Zhiqiang Ku·Jason Yeung·Jing Zou·Michael Woodson·Nikolaĭ Prokhorov·Ekaterina Knyazhanskaya·Haiqing Zhao·Morris Sherman·Zhiqiang An·Stephen F. Carroll·Pei‐Yong Shi·Petr G. Leiman·Yanping Hu
