[HTML][HTML] Structural and functional characterizations of infectivity and immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

Z Cui, P Liu, N Wang, L Wang, K Fan, Q Zhu, K Wang… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Summary The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant with increased fitness is spreading rapidly
worldwide. Analysis of cryo-EM structures of the spike (S) from Omicron reveals amino acid …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 entry into cells

CB Jackson, M Farzan, B Chen, H Choe - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
The unprecedented public health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic caused
by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been …

The emergence, genomic diversity and global spread of SARS-CoV-2

J Li, S Lai, GF Gao, W Shi - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Since the first cases of COVID-19 were documented in Wuhan, China in 2019, the world has
witnessed a devastating global pandemic, with more than 238 million cases, nearly 5 million …

The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

K Tao, PL Tzou, J Nouhin, RK Gupta… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The past several months have witnessed the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with novel
spike protein mutations that are influencing the epidemiological and clinical aspects of the …

Class switch toward noninflammatory, spike-specific IgG4 antibodies after repeated SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination

P Irrgang, J Gerling, K Kocher, D Lapuente… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
RNA vaccines are efficient preventive measures to combat the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. High levels of neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 …

Structural biology of SARS-CoV-2 and implications for therapeutic development

H Yang, Z Rao - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), is an unprecedented global health crisis. However, therapeutic options for …

mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases: principles, delivery and clinical translation

N Chaudhary, D Weissman… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Over the past several decades, messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines have progressed from a
scepticism-inducing idea to clinical reality. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic catalysed the …

Omicron spike function and neutralizing activity elicited by a comprehensive panel of vaccines

JE Bowen, A Addetia, HV Dang, C Stewart, JT Brown… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of
concern comprises several sublineages, with BA. 2 and BA. 2.12. 1 having replaced the …

Immune correlates analysis of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine efficacy clinical trial

PB Gilbert, DC Montefiori, AB McDermott, Y Fong… - Science, 2022 - science.org
In the coronavirus efficacy (COVE) phase 3 clinical trial, vaccine recipients were assessed
for neutralizing and binding antibodies as correlates of risk for COVID-19 disease and as …

COVID-19 vaccine update: vaccine effectiveness, SARS-CoV-2 variants, boosters, adverse effects, and immune correlates of protection

WY Chi, YD Li, HC Huang, TEH Chan, SY Chow… - Journal of biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been the most severe public health
challenge in this century. Two years after its emergence, the rapid development and …