Harnessing the natural anti-glycan immune response to limit the transmission of enveloped viruses such as SARS-CoV-2

Adrien Breiman; Nathalie Ruvën-Clouet; Jacques Le Pendu

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1008556

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Harnessing the natural anti-glycan immune response to limit the transmission of enveloped viruses such as SARS-CoV-2

Adrien Breiman,

Affiliations Université de Nantes, Inserm, CRCINA, Nantes, France, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6123-4618

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Nathalie Ruvën-Clouet,

Affiliations Université de Nantes, Inserm, CRCINA, Nantes, France, Oniris, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Agroalimentaire et de l’Alimentation, Nantes, France
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Jacques Le Pendu

* E-mail: jacques.le-pendu@inserm.fr

Affiliation Université de Nantes, Inserm, CRCINA, Nantes, France

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4856-0387

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Harnessing the natural anti-glycan immune response to limit the transmission of enveloped viruses such as SARS-CoV-2

Adrien Breiman,
Nathalie Ruvën-Clouet,
Jacques Le Pendu

Published: May 21, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008556

About the Authors

Adrien Breiman

Affiliations Université de Nantes, Inserm, CRCINA, Nantes, France, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6123-4618

Nathalie Ruvën-Clouet

Affiliations Université de Nantes, Inserm, CRCINA, Nantes, France, Oniris, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Agroalimentaire et de l’Alimentation, Nantes, France

Jacques Le Pendu

* E-mail: jacques.le-pendu@inserm.fr

Affiliation Université de Nantes, Inserm, CRCINA, Nantes, France

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4856-0387

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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