Immunization with the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 elicits antibodies cross-neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV without antibody-dependent enhancement

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board StatementIACUC: Mouse immunization: All the animal experiments in this study were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
    SentencesResources
    For immunofluorescence analysis, cells were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde, permeabilized by 0.2% Triton X-100 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA), and stained overnight at 4°C with an anti-N mouse polyclonal antibody generated in house.
    anti-N
    suggested: None
    The samples were finally incubated with Alexa Fluor 488-labeled donkey anti-mouse IgG secondary antibody (1:1000, Thermo Fisher Scientific) at 37°C for 1 hour.
    anti-mouse IgG
    suggested: None
    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    HEK 293T, A20, THP-1, and K562 cells were purchased from the Cell Bank of Chinese Academy of Sciences (www.cellbank.org.cn).
    THP-1
    suggested: None
    K562
    suggested: NCI-DTP Cat# K-562, RRID:CVCL_0004)
    Cell-cell fusion inhibition assay: HEK 293T cells were separately transfected with a plasmid encoding the SARS-CoV-2 S:EGFP fusion protein (pcDNA-S:EGFP) or with a plasmid encoding the hACE2:mCherry fusion protein (pcDNA-hACE2:mCherry).
    HEK 293T
    suggested: NCBI_Iran Cat# C498, RRID:CVCL_0063)
    The mixture was then onto VeroE6 cells overexpressing hACE2 (denoted as VeroE6-hACE2) preseeded in 48-well plates.
    VeroE6
    suggested: JCRB Cat# JCRB1819, RRID:CVCL_YQ49)
    Experimental Models: Organisms/Strains
    SentencesResources
    Two groups of six BALB/c mice were injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) with the RBD vaccine and the control antigen, respectively, at days 0, 10, and 25.
    BALB/c
    suggested: None
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Statistics analysis: All statistical analyses were performed using GraphPad Prism software v5.0. Kaplan–Meier survival curves were compared using log-rank test.
    GraphPad Prism
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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