SARS-CoV-2 immune evasion by the B. 1.427/B. 1.429 variant of concern

M McCallum, J Bassi, A De Marco, A Chen, AC Walls… - Science, 2021 - science.org
A novel variant of concern (VOC) named CAL. 20C (B. 1.427/B. 1.429), which was originally
detected in California, carries spike glycoprotein mutations S13I in the signal peptide …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitivity of infectious SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.1. 7 and B. 1.351 variants to neutralizing antibodies

D Planas, T Bruel, L Grzelak, F Guivel-Benhassine… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) B. 1.1. 7 and B. 1.351
variants were first identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa, respectively, and have …

[HTML][HTML] The germinal centre B cell response to SARS-CoV-2

BJ Laidlaw, AH Ellebedy - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
The germinal centre (GC) response is critical for the generation of affinity-matured plasma
cells and memory B cells capable of mediating long-term protective immunity …

[HTML][HTML] Infection and vaccine-induced neutralizing-antibody responses to the SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.617 variants

VV Edara, BA Pinsky, MS Suthar, L Lai… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Neutralizing Activity against SARS-CoV-2 Variants Among samples obtained from persons
who had received the mRNA-1273 or BNT162b2 vaccines, neutralizing antibody titers …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission, infectivity, and neutralization of a spike L452R SARS-CoV-2 variant

X Deng, MA Garcia-Knight, MM Khalid, V Servellita… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
We identified an emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
variant by viral whole-genome sequencing of 2,172 nasal/nasopharyngeal swab samples …

Effect of immunosuppression on the immunogenicity of mRNA vaccines to SARS-CoV-2: a prospective cohort study

P Deepak, W Kim, MA Paley, M Yang… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Patients with chronic inflammatory disease (CID) treated with
immunosuppressive medications have increased risk for severe COVID-19. Although mRNA …

[HTML][HTML] Tackling COVID-19 with neutralizing monoclonal antibodies

D Corti, LA Purcell, G Snell, D Veesler - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have revolutionized the treatment of several human
diseases, including cancer and autoimmunity and inflammatory conditions, and represent a …

[HTML][HTML] Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y. V2 from neutralization by convalescent plasma

S Cele, I Gazy, L Jackson, SH Hwa, H Tegally, G Lustig… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) have arisen independently at multiple locations,
and may reduce the efficacy of current vaccines that target the spike glycoprotein of SARS …

mRNA vaccination boosts cross-variant neutralizing antibodies elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection

L Stamatatos, J Czartoski, YH Wan, LJ Homad, V Rubin… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants have
raised concerns about resistance to neutralizing antibodies elicited by previous infection or …

[HTML][HTML] Increased immune escape of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern Omicron

J Hu, P Peng, X Cao, K Wu, J Chen, K Wang… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
On 24 November, a new detected variant B. 1.1. 529 of SARS-CoV-2 by South Africa was
reported to WHO. After only 2 days, this variant was designated as “variant of concern”(VOC) …