Cross-reactive CD4+ T cells enhance SARS-CoV-2 immune responses upon infection and vaccination

L Loyal, J Braun, L Henze, B Kruse, M Dingeldey… - Science, 2021 - science.org
… We demonstrate broad CD4 + T cell cross-reactivity in unexposed individuals, with the spike
glycoprotein serving as one of the immunodominant targets. Although the N-terminal part of …

Proposed framework for considering SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing of unexposed asymptomatic workers in selected workplaces

PA Schulte, JD Piacentino, DN Weissman… - … of Occupational and …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
… and have no known history of exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Screening tests identify persons who
… infection with SARS-CoV-2 in individuals with symptoms or asymptomatic individuals with …

Aging and CMV Infection Affect Pre-existing SARS-CoV-2-Reactive CD8+ T Cells in Unexposed Individuals

N Jo, R Zhang, H Ueno, T Yamamoto, D Weiskopf… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… Because SARS-CoV-2-cross-reactive T cells have been detected in unexposed individuals,
we investigated the age-related differences in pre-existing SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells. …

Searching immunodominant epitopes prior to epidemic: HLA class II-restricted SARS-CoV spike protein epitopes in unexposed individuals

J Yang, E James, M Roti, L Huston… - International …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
… the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) S protein restricted by HLA-DR0401 and HLA-DR0701,
two common alleles in the Caucasian population. CD4+ T cells from healthy unexposed

Different pattern of pre-existing SARS-COV-2 specific T cell immunity in SARS-recovered and uninfected individuals

NL Bert, AT Tan, K Kunasegaran, CYL Tham, M Hafezi… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
… Remarkably, we detected NP-specific T cells in some of our SARS-CoV-1/2 unexposed
individuals. The pattern of T cell reactivity, however, was different compared to COVID-19 and …

… autoimmune antibody signatures between hospitalized acute COVID-19 patients, SARS-CoV-2 convalescent individuals, and unexposed pre-pandemic controls

N Bhadelia, AC Belkina, A Olson, T Winters, P Urick… - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Increasing evidence suggests that autoimmunity may play a role in the pathophysiology of
SARS-CoV-2 infection during both the acute and ‘long COVID’ phases of disease. However, …

Immunodominant T-cell epitopes from the SARS-CoV-2 spike antigen reveal robust pre-existing T-cell immunity in unexposed individuals

S Mahajan, V Kode, K Bhojak, C Karunakaran… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 proteins by overlapping 15-mer peptide pools. The existence of a pool of
SARS-CoV-2-reactive T-cells in unexposed individuals is … any protection to SARS-CoV-2 infection …

Immune memory in mild COVID-19 patients and unexposed donors reveals persistent T cell responses after SARS-CoV-2 infection

A Ansari, R Arya, S Sachan, SN Jha, A Kalia… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… up to 5 months from the recovery for SARS-CoV-2 specific immunological memory. Using …
SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactive CD4 + T cells in around 66% of the unexposed individuals. …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2-derived peptides define heterologous and COVID-19-induced T cell recognition

A Nelde, T Bilich, JS Heitmann, Y Maringer… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
… HLA allotype restrictions across all viral ORFs identified in two large collections of donors
recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection as well as unexposed individuals. Our findings aid …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in healthy donors and patients with COVID-19

J Braun, L Loyal, M Frentsch, D Wendisch, P Georg… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 in the peripheral blood of patients with COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2-unexposed
stages of the acute SARS-CoV-2 infection of the individual patients included in our study. …