Therapeutic strategies for COVID-19: progress and lessons learned

G Li, R Hilgenfeld, R Whitley, E De Clercq - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has stimulated tremendous
efforts to develop therapeutic strategies that target severe acute respiratory syndrome …

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 …

Omicron escapes the majority of existing SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies

Y Cao, J Wang, F Jian, T Xiao, W Song, A Yisimayi… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.1. 529 (Omicron) variant contains 15 mutations of the
receptor-binding domain (RBD). How Omicron evades RBD-targeted neutralizing antibodies …

mRNA booster immunization elicits potent neutralizing serum activity against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

H Gruell, K Vanshylla, P Tober-Lau, D Hillus… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is causing a rapid increase in infections across the
globe. This new variant of concern carries an unusually high number of mutations in key …

Increased memory B cell potency and breadth after a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA boost

F Muecksch, Z Wang, A Cho, C Gaebler, T Ben Tanfous… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 infected many vaccinated and convalescent
individuals,–. Despite the reduced protection from infection, individuals who received three …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammasome activation in infected macrophages drives COVID-19 pathology

E Sefik, R Qu, C Junqueira, E Kaffe, H Mirza, J Zhao… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Severe COVID-19 is characterized by persistent lung inflammation, inflammatory cytokine
production, viral RNA and a sustained interferon (IFN) response, all of which are …

Immunological mechanisms of vaccine-induced protection against COVID-19 in humans

M Sadarangani, A Marchant… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Most COVID-19 vaccines are designed to elicit immune responses, ideally neutralizing
antibodies (NAbs), against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Several vaccines, including …

Neutralization, effector function and immune imprinting of Omicron variants

A Addetia, L Piccoli, JB Case, YJ Park, M Beltramello… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Currently circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants have acquired convergent mutations at hot spots
in the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein. The effects of these mutations on …

SARS-CoV-2 variants, vaccines, and host immunity

P Mistry, F Barmania, J Mellet, K Peta… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a new beta coronavirus
that emerged at the end of 2019 in the Hubei province of China. SARS-CoV-2 causes …