The immunology and immunopathology of COVID-19

M Merad, CA Blish, F Sallusto, A Iwasaki - Science, 2022 - science.org
Considerable research effort has been made worldwide to decipher the immune response
triggered upon severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections …

[HTML][HTML] Broadly neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronaviruses

Y Chen, X Zhao, H Zhou, H Zhu, S Jiang… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a recently emerged
pathogenic human coronavirus that belongs to the sarbecovirus lineage of the genus …

[PDF][PDF] Alarming antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV-2 BQ and XBB subvariants

Q Wang, S Iketani, Z Li, L Liu, Y Guo, Y Huang… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The BQ and XBB subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron are now rapidly expanding, possibly
due to altered antibody evasion properties deriving from their additional spike mutations …

[HTML][HTML] Antibody evasion by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BA. 2.12. 1, BA. 4 and BA. 5

Q Wang, Y Guo, S Iketani, MS Nair, Z Li, H Mohri… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BA. 2.12. 1 and BA. 4/5 have surged notably to
become dominant in the United States and South Africa, respectively,. These new …

[HTML][HTML] Attenuated fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

R Suzuki, D Yamasoba, I Kimura, L Wang, M Kishimoto… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is an urgent global health concern. In
this study, our statistical modelling suggests that Omicron has spread more rapidly than the …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron extensively but incompletely escapes Pfizer BNT162b2 neutralization

S Cele, L Jackson, DS Khoury, K Khan, T Moyo-Gwete… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern Omicron (Pango lineage B. 1.1. 529),
first identified in Botswana and South Africa, may compromise vaccine effectiveness and …

Structural basis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron immune evasion and receptor engagement

M McCallum, N Czudnochowski, LE Rosen, SK Zepeda… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of
concern evades antibody-mediated immunity that comes from vaccination or infection with …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple pathways for SARS-CoV-2 resistance to nirmatrelvir

S Iketani, H Mohri, B Culbertson, SJ Hong, Y Duan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Nirmatrelvir, an oral antiviral targeting the 3CL protease of SARS-CoV-2, has been
demonstrated to be clinically useful against COVID-19 (refs.,). However, because SARS …

[HTML][HTML] An infectious SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.1. 529 Omicron virus escapes neutralization by therapeutic monoclonal antibodies

LA VanBlargan, JM Errico, PJ Halfmann, SJ Zost… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence of the highly transmissible B. 1.1. 529 Omicron variant of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is concerning for antibody …

[HTML][HTML] Striking antibody evasion manifested by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2

L Liu, S Iketani, Y Guo, JFW Chan, M Wang, L Liu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The B. 1.1. 529/Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 was only recently detected in
southern Africa, but its subsequent spread has been extensive, both regionally and globally …