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 …

Antibody-mediated neutralization of SARS-CoV-2

H Gruell, K Vanshylla, T Weber, CO Barnes, C Kreer… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Neutralizing antibodies can block infection, clear pathogens, and are essential to provide
long-term immunity. Since the onset of the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies …

Imprinted SARS-CoV-2 humoral immunity induces convergent Omicron RBD evolution

Y Cao, F Jian, J Wang, Y Yu, W Song, A Yisimayi… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Continuous evolution of Omicron has led to a rapid and simultaneous emergence of
numerous variants that display growth advantages over BA. 5 (ref.). Despite their divergent …

REGEN-COV antibody combination and outcomes in outpatients with Covid-19

DM Weinreich, S Sivapalasingam… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In the phase 1–2 portion of an adaptive trial, REGEN-COV, a combination of the
monoclonal antibodies casirivimab and imdevimab, reduced the viral load and number of …

Subcutaneous REGEN-COV antibody combination to prevent Covid-19

MP O'Brien, E Forleo-Neto, BJ Musser… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background REGEN-COV (previously known as REGN-COV2), a combination of the
monoclonal antibodies casirivimab and imdevimab, has been shown to markedly reduce the …

Broadly neutralizing antibodies overcome SARS-CoV-2 Omicron antigenic shift

E Cameroni, JE Bowen, LE Rosen, C Saliba… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The recently emerged SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant encodes 37 amino acid substitutions in
the spike protein, 15 of which are in the receptor-binding domain (RBD), thereby raising …

Multivalent designed proteins neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and confer protection against infection in mice

AC Hunt, JB Case, YJ Park, L Cao, K Wu… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
New variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continue to
arise and prolong the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Here, we used a …

Further humoral immunity evasion of emerging SARS-CoV-2 BA. 4 and BA. 5 subvariants

F Jian, Y Yu, W Song, A Yisimayi, L Yu… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Multiple BA. 4 and BA. 5 subvariants with Arg346 mutations in the spike glycoprotein have
been identified in various countries, such as BA. 4.6, BF. 7, BA. 5.2. 6, BA. 4.1. 9, and BE. 1.2 …

Convergent evolution in SARS-CoV-2 spike creates a variant soup from which new COVID-19 waves emerge

D Focosi, R Quiroga, S McConnell… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic were mainly characterized by recurrent
mutations of SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein at residues K417, L452, E484, N501 and P681 …

Neutralizing antibodies for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19

L Du, Y Yang, X Zhang - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) initiates the infection
process by binding to the viral cellular receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 through …