Emergence of immune escape at dominant SARS-CoV-2 killer T cell epitope

G Dolton, C Rius, MS Hasan, A Wall, B Szomolay… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
We studied the prevalent cytotoxic CD8 T cell response mounted against severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spike glycoprotein 269-277 epitope …

Prevalent and immunodominant CD8 T cell epitopes are conserved in SARS-CoV-2 variants

S Meyer, I Blaas, RC Bollineni, M Delic-Sarac, TT Tran… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) is driven by mutations that
mediate escape from neutralizing antibodies. There is also evidence that mutations can …

Escape from recognition of SARS-CoV-2 variant spike epitopes but overall preservation of T cell immunity

C Riou, R Keeton, T Moyo-Gwete… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
SARS-CoV-2 variants that escape neutralization and potentially affect vaccine efficacy have
emerged. T cell responses play a role in protection from reinfection and severe disease, but …

Minimal Crossover between Mutations Associated with Omicron Variant of SARS-CoV-2 and CD8+ T-Cell Epitopes Identified in COVID-19 Convalescent Individuals

AD Redd, A Nardin, H Kared, EM Bloch, B Abel… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
There is a growing concern that ongoing evolution of SARS-CoV-2 could lead to variants of
concern (VOC) that are capable of avoiding some or all of the multifaceted immune …

Structural assessment of HLA-A2-restricted SARS-CoV-2 spike epitopes recognized by public and private T-cell receptors

D Wu, A Kolesnikov, R Yin, JD Guest… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
T cells play a vital role in combatting SARS-CoV-2 and forming long-term memory
responses. Whereas extensive structural information is available on neutralizing antibodies …

The circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike variant N439K maintains fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity

EC Thomson, LE Rosen, JG Shepherd, R Spreafico… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
SARS-CoV-2 can mutate to evade immunity, with consequences for the efficacy of emerging
vaccines and antibody therapeutics. Herein we demonstrate that the immunodominant …

Implication of SARS-CoV-2 immune escape spike variants on secondary and vaccine breakthrough infections

L Ahmad - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 pandemic remains an on-going global health and economic threat that has
amassed millions of deaths. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV …

Suboptimal SARS-CoV-2−specific CD8+ T cell response associated with the prominent HLA-A*02:01 phenotype

JR Habel, THO Nguyen… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
An improved understanding of human T cell-mediated immunity in COVID-19 is important for
optimizing therapeutic and vaccine strategies. Experience with influenza shows that …

Structural definition of HLA class II-presented SARS-CoV-2 epitopes reveals a mechanism to escape pre-existing CD4+ T cell immunity

Y Chen, GH Mason, DO Scourfield… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
CD4+ T cells recognize a broad range of peptide epitopes of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which contribute to immune memory and limit …

[HTML][HTML] Convergent antibody responses to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in convalescent and vaccinated individuals

EC Chen, P Gilchuk, SJ Zost, N Suryadevara… - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Unrelated individuals can produce genetically similar clones of antibodies, known as public
clonotypes, which have been seen in responses to different infectious diseases, as well as …